Software Engineer II - Finance Platform

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role

We’re looking for a Software Engineer II to join the Finance Platform team—one of Rippling’s most technically ambitious product engineering groups. This team builds foundational systems that power risk, compliance, fraud, and accounting infrastructure across Rippling’s finance products—products that move billions of dollars and pay millions of workers each week.

This is a newly formed team building platforms from the ground up—offering a rare opportunity to shape critical architecture early in its lifecycle. You’ll work on high-impact systems, collaborate with experienced engineers, and take on technically challenging problems.

What you'll work on

This team is responsible for building key platforms that enable financial controls, automation, and intelligence across multiple products at Rippling. These include:

• Powering real-time enforcement of financial policies and decisioning logic across Rippling's products to ensure trust, compliance, and safety at scale.
• Enabling internal operations teams to build, customize, and maintain internal third-party integrations and workflows with zero engineering involvement.
• Solving non-deterministic problems using machine learning and behavioral modeling. Detect anomalies, flag suspicious patterns, and enhance the quality of decision-making across Rippling’s financial ecosystem.

What you will do

• Contribute to the design and development of scalable, reliable backend systems
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Collaborate with experienced engineers on architecture, implementation, and technical direction
• Debug production issues and optimize performance of critical systems
• Learn quickly, take ownership of features, and continuously raise the bar for code quality.

What you will need

• 2+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals
• Proficiency in backend programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or similar)
• Passion for solving hard technical problems in fast-moving environments
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and functions

Bonus points

• Experience with distributed systems, data processing pipelines, or real-time architectures
• Exposure to machine learning workflows — especially around fraud, anomaly detection, or behavioral modeling
• Familiarity with financial services, compliance, or fraud detection systems
• Interest in building internal platforms

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.