Staff Software Engineer - Data Bridge

rippling

San Francisco, CA, United States
Base: competitive salary aligned by location; bonu...
On-site
Backend engineering with distributed systems
Data ingestion and processing pipelines
Building scalable apis and developer tools
Rippling provides a unified platform to manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle including HR, IT, and Finance systems

Job Summary

  • Rippling provides a unified platform to manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle including HR, IT, and Finance systems.
  • The Data Bridge team is foundational to Rippling’s strategy, building advanced data systems to power machine learning models and new products.
  • This role offers ownership of critical data ingestion products, collaboration with diverse business partners, and opportunities to influence architecture and technology choices.

Matching Summary

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

Salary

Base: Competitive salary aligned by location; Bonus/Equity: Included; Benefits: Included

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Backend engineering with distributed systems
  • Data ingestion and processing pipelines
  • Building scalable APIs and developer tools
  • Experience with Apache Spark or Flink
  • Leadership of cross-functional projects
  • Strong computer science fundamentals

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with 3rd party SaaS integrations
  • Workflow orchestration systems knowledge
  • AWS experience and observability tooling
  • Product-focused engineering environment
  • Building data lake architectures
  • Influencing company-wide technology trends

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years backend engineering experience
  • Leadership experience in complex projects
  • Experience with distributed data processing frameworks
  • Strong CS fundamentals and design patterns knowledge

Work Rights

Not specified

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