Staff Software Engineer, Financial Crimes

Ripple Group•San Francisco, CA

8d•$208,000 - $260,000

About The Position

At Ripple, we're building a world where value moves like information does today. It's big, it's bold, and we're already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you're ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. THE WORK: Ripple is building the Internet of Value to move money as fast as information. To do that securely, we must establish trust at the very first interaction! As a Staff Software Engineer, you will define the architectural vision for the platform where every customer journey begins. You are not just building the "front door" for our global network, you are designing the blueprint for how it opens, scales, and secures the future of finance. We are transforming our Customer Onboarding Platform into a modern, engineering-owned ecosystem. You will lead the strategic initiative to decouple complex business logic from Salesforce, designing a robust, cloud-native service architecture from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to unwind years of technical debt and author the technical roadmap that powers onboarding for everything from Ripple Payments to our new Stablecoin. Your decisions will determine the reliability and speed of the global financial system. By solving high-ambiguity problems and balancing trade-offs between compliance, security, and velocity, you will help us scale the network responsibly. You are the technical anchor of our customer experience and the visionary behind our growth.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant engineering experience, with deep expertise in Java, Kotlin, or Go.
Proven success acting as a system designer for large-scale migrations, specifically unwinding monoliths into service-oriented architectures.
Ability to navigate deep ambiguity, anticipating technical risks and bottlenecks before they impact delivery.
Strong influence and leadership skills, capable of driving consensus on complex technical trade-offs with stakeholders across the company.

Nice To Haves

Experience in fintech, identity verification, or building horizontal platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

Set the technical direction and long-term architecture for our distributed backend services and shared infrastructure.
Drive alignment across Product, Compliance, and multiple engineering squads to transform high-level organizational goals into actionable engineering roadmaps.
Migrate core logic out of Salesforce, ensuring zero downtime and data integrity during the transition.
Evangelize engineering excellence by establishing org-wide standards for observability, reliability, and system health.
Mentor other engineers and influence the broader organization, fostering a culture of technical rigor and collective ownership.

Benefits

The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact.
A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
Employee giving match
Mobile phone stipend
R&R days so you can rest and recharge
Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
Industry-leading parental leave policies.
Family planning benefits.
Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events