Software Engineer II, Backend - HR Product

About the role

The HR Product Engineering team at Rippling builds seamless, global, and compliant systems that power the entire employee lifecycle, from hire to retire. We focus on HRIS, Time, Benefits, and Talent domains.

What We Build

• HRIS (Human Resources Information System)
• Time: Accurate, scalable, and globally compliant Time & Attendance systems
• Benefits: Marketplace and administration tools for health, retirement, and other employee benefits
• Talent: Products managing employee growth, performance, and learning

What You Will Do

• Design, implement, and test reliable backend services and APIs
• Work across key technical domains, including API design, data modeling, event modeling, and optimizing service performance
• Own the development lifecycle for defined features, from implementation and testing to deployment, monitoring, and support in a production environment
• Integrate into cross-functional teams, contribute to technical discovery, and rapidly learn from code and system feedback

What You Will Need

• 2+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer, preferably with Python, Go, or a similar production language, and strong experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
• Care about business impact, balancing technical craft with speed and the bottom line to deliver value quickly
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments, demonstrating resilience and agility in the face of changing product needs
• Excellent skills in communicating complex technical ideas with clarity to enable effective collaboration with peers and stakeholders

Additional Information

• Ripple is an equal opportunity employer
• We consider working in the office, at least three days a week, as an essential function of the employee's role for office-based employees
• This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity
• The pay range for this role is: 152,000 - 225,000 USD per year (US Tier 1)