What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - Object Graph position at Rippling?
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 $1.8B 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.
We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.
About the Role:
Rippling’s competitive advantage is the power of the platform. As our product suite grows, the fact that you can create a report, workflow, and permission data the same way becomes more and more valuable. The mission of Rippling’s object graph team is to build an intuitive, powerful, and accessible system catalog that will power Rippling’s platform by centralizing the schema that customers have access to in Rippling. Think Describe Table for all of the data in Rippling.
As a core member of this team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the architecture and future of our object graph from the ground up. Whether it’s designing new features and systems, crafting a stellar developer experience for internal developers, or optimizing system performance, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering a product that’s at the heart of Rippling’s platform.
What You'll Do:
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.
The pay range for this role is:
159,000 - 278,250 USD per year(US)
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 $1.8B 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.
We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.
About the Role:
Rippling’s competitive advantage is the power of the platform. As our product suite grows, the fact that you can create a report, workflow, and permission data the same way becomes more and more valuable. The mission of Rippling’s object graph team is to build an intuitive, powerful, and accessible system catalog that will power Rippling’s platform by centralizing the schema that customers have access to in Rippling. Think Describe Table for all of the data in Rippling.
As a core member of this team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the architecture and future of our object graph from the ground up. Whether it’s designing new features and systems, crafting a stellar developer experience for internal developers, or optimizing system performance, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering a product that’s at the heart of Rippling’s platform.
What You'll Do:
- Design and Develop: Architect, design, and implement object graph features, focusing on scalability, performance, and reliability. This includes building optimal interfaces, data pipelines, developer experiences, and performant systems.
- Enhance Developer Experience: Work with customers internally to ensure the object graph is intuitive, responsive, and great to use, empowering users to effectively onboard and fetch the data they need.
- Work at the Core: Support and collaborate with a wide range of engineering and operational teams. Act as a central partner, ensuring the object graph integrates seamlessly across various data sources and systems, making it a foundational tool that powers platform work across the organization.
- Ship Quickly: Drive rapid, iterative development cycles, delivering impactful features and enhancements to the object graph that respond to user needs and evolving system requirements.
- 5 years of software engineering experience
- Experience building large-scale, data-intensive distributed systems, such as high-volume SaaS environments
- Preferred experience in building out large scale product infrastructures/platforms
- Preferred experience designing and developing developer tooling
- Preferred experience in our technology stack- Python, Django, Golang, MongoDB, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, AWS
- Ability to thrive in an environment with multiple stakeholders and developing independent product opinions on systems
- Excellent ability to communicate complex technical ideas with clarity and precision in written and verbal modes
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.
The pay range for this role is:
159,000 - 278,250 USD per year(US)
Salary : $159,000 - $278,250