Software Engineer I - FullStack

About Rippling

Rippling provides a unified platform for businesses to manage HR, IT, and Finance, integrating workforce systems like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. It enables comprehensive management and automation of the entire employee lifecycle within a single system. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has secured over $1.85B in funding from leading investors and has been recognized as one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

About the Team

The App Components Team is a platform-focused product engineering team dedicated to building cohesive, high-performing building blocks for Rippling’s "Enterprise Studio" experience.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer I (Full Stack) on the App Components Team, you will design and scale the systems powering these components. While your primary focus will be on the backend, this is a truly full-stack role where you will contribute to both distributed system design and React/React Native development to deliver polished end-to-end product experiences. You will be responsible for building scalable backend services, APIs, and data models, collaborating closely with product and design to translate complexity into seamless user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend services using Python and Golang for complex enterprise data modeling and product use cases.
• Contribute to systems operating at scale, gaining exposure to distributed systems challenges and technologies like Kafka, Flink, and AWS.
• Utilize your backend engineering strengths while also contributing to the frontend codebase, writing high-quality React and React Native code to ship end-to-end features and intuitive UI components.
• Take ownership of significant product initiatives, from initial problem definition through implementation, shaping technical designs and delivering robust solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, participate in code reviews, and uphold strong engineering standards across both backend and frontend systems.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and other engineers to break down complex user problems and build technically sound, practically useful components for dependent teams.

Requirements

• 1+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong track record of building production systems.
• Proficiency in building scalable backend services. Experience with Python, Django, Golang, MongoDB, and AWS is highly preferred.
• Comfortable writing and shipping production code in React and React Native, with a solid understanding of component lifecycles, state management, and mobile constraints.
• Ability to design scalable, reliable systems and reason through trade-offs such as consistency, performance, and fault tolerance.
• Experience building reusable systems, frameworks, or developer-facing components is a plus.
• A track record of independently driving projects, navigating ambiguity, and delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.