Platform Engineering at Rippling builds the systems that make entire categories of applications possible. We’re hiring a Senior Staff Engineer to help define the future of Rippling’s core platform and AI infrastructure. This is a rare opportunity to work on foundational systems that sit at the center of the company and influence nearly every product, engineering team, and customer experience.

At its core is a dynamically stitched, permissions-aware business ontology that connects data, workflows, identities, permissions, and business processes across HR, IT, Finance, and Operations. Built on top of that foundation are the systems that power our Object Platform, event-driven dependency graph, workflow engine, search capabilities, developer ecosystem, and Rippling Query Language (RQL). As AI becomes deeply embedded across the product suite, these platform systems become even more critical.

Every AI experience at Rippling must operate against live business data, respect complex permission boundaries, understand organizational context, and execute actions safely and reliably. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you’ll help define the architecture that powers both Rippling’s platform and its next generation of AI-native products. You’ll solve distributed systems challenges at significant scale, drive company-wide technical strategy, and influence how hundreds of engineers build software across the organization.

This is a deeply technical leadership role for someone who wants to work on foundational systems, tackle difficult architectural problems, and leave a lasting imprint on a rapidly growing engineering organization. Serve as a senior technical leader within Rippling’s engineering organization Define and drive the long-term architecture of core platform systems that power dozens of products and hundreds of engineers Design highly scalable, reliable, and extensible distributed systems that serve as foundational building blocks across the company Lead large,



cross-organizational initiatives that span multiple teams, products, and technical domains Translate ambiguous business and product requirements into elegant, durable technical solutions Drive architectural decisions that impact the future evolution of Rippling’s Business Operating System Partner closely with senior engineering leaders to shape platform strategy and technical direction Build the infrastructure that enables AI systems to securely interact with live business data, workflows, permissions, and operational systems Raise the engineering bar through mentorship, design reviews, technical leadership, and operational excellence Act as the directly responsible individual (DRI) for some of the company’s most critical technical initiatives Help define how platform infrastructure evolves to support increasingly intelligent and autonomous software systems 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience operating at the Staff or Senior Staff level ~ Deep expertise designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems ~ Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across large engineering organizations ~ Strong architectural judgment and a track record of designing systems that scale with both business growth and organizational complexity ~ Experience building highly reliable backend systems in languages such as Python, Go, Java, or similar ~ Strong computer science fundamentals, including distributed systems, concurrency, data modeling, networking,



and systems design ~ A product mindset and passion for building platforms that unlock leverage for both developers and customers ~ Excitement about the role AI will play in transforming enterprise software and the infrastructure required to support it Very few companies are attempting to build what Rippling is building. You’ll work on the foundational systems that power an integrated Business Operating System spanning HR, IT, Finance, Identity, and Operations.

You’ll help architect the platform that enables hundreds of engineers to build products faster, while simultaneously defining the infrastructure that powers the next generation of AI experiences across the company. They’ll become part of the foundation that every product at Rippling is built upon. If you’re excited by hard distributed systems problems, platform architecture at scale, and helping define how AI interacts with real-world business systems, we’d love to talk.

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. Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work setting 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.

📌 Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform (Toronto)
🏢 Rippling
📍 Toronto