Senior Software Engineer, Backend- Security

Rippling•Seattle, WA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

We're looking for a hands-on Senior Engineer to play a key role in building Rippling's Security program. Rippling's product’s scope provides a unique set of security challenges, but our management is especially supportive of security and compliance as a central function of the business. As an early member of Rippling's security team, you'll have a meaningful impact on the security program’s priorities and direction. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll design and build the services, APIs, and platform primitives that power complex workflows across Rippling’s multi-product platform. You’ll work on systems involving permissions, policy enforcement, approvals, payments, device and app management, procurement, asset tracking, auditability, and secure handling of sensitive workforce and financial data. This role also supports Rippling’s expansion of AI-powered workflows across HR, IT, Finance, Spend, and core platform experiences. You’ll help make AI capabilities safe, reliable, explainable, auditable, and enterprise-ready, while ensuring customers have the trust, transparency, and control needed to adopt automation at scale.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in a production environment using Python, Go, or a similar high-scale backend language.
Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, data modeling, and performance optimization of relational databases.
You have seen and contributed to systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale.
Strong understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals and experience with complex project delivery.
Exceptional communication skills with technical and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Own the design and implementation of backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities.
Build reliable, secure, and scalable systems for high-volume workflows across Spend, IT, identity, access, approvals, and compliance.
Make strategic technical decisions around architecture, infrastructure, data modeling, performance, and operational reliability.
Translate ambiguous business and customer needs into robust technical solutions in partnership with product, frontend, platform, design, and cross-functional teams.
Build and evolve systems involving workflows, permissions, policy enforcement, financial operations, device and app management, procurement, and security controls.
Raise the technical bar through system design, code reviews, design reviews, mentorship, and backend engineering best practices.
Help create unified product experiences that replace fragmented point solutions for managing employees, spend, devices, apps, access, and business operations.