Senior Engineering Manager, Payments Execution

rippling

San Francisco, CA, United States
On-site
System reliability and operational excellence
Scaling high-throughput distributed systems
Backend or infrastructure engineering management
Rippling provides a unified platform to manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle including payroll, benefits, and IT systems

Job Summary

  • Rippling provides a unified platform to manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle including payroll, benefits, and IT systems.
  • The role involves leading a foundational team responsible for the execution layer powering global money movement, focusing on reliability, scalability, and platformization.
  • Rippling offers a competitive salary, benefits, and equity, and values in-office collaboration with a policy of working at least three days a week in the office for local employees.

Matching Summary

Rippling provides a unified platform to manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle including payroll, benefits, and IT systems.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • system reliability and operational excellence
  • scaling high-throughput distributed systems
  • backend or infrastructure engineering management
  • payment methods and orchestration systems
  • incident management and on-call health
  • team scaling and hiring strategy

Nice-to-have

  • ability to operate with urgency
  • cut through ambiguity
  • partner closely with product teams
  • focus on system stability
  • fast-moving environment
  • building engineering fundamentals

Key Requirements

  • 3+ years managing backend or infrastructure teams
  • experience with high-scale distributed systems
  • strong ownership of system reliability
  • experience in payments or fintech platforms preferred

Work Rights

Not specified

Tailored Resume

Cover Letter