Lead payroll calculation architecture at Rippling in San Francisco, building distributed systems with accuracy, auditability, and global scale.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will shape mission-critical payroll infrastructure and write production code. Your work spans data modeling, databases, caching, reliability, and explainable calculation frameworks. You will connect technical direction with customer outcomes while supporting enterprise payroll across jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities: Lead architecture and technical strategy for payroll calculation systems
Write critical production code for high-impact technical initiatives
Design configurable, versioned, testable calculation frameworks
Improve distributed systems, performance, caching, and reliability




Mentor engineers across payroll calculation areas
Requirements: Staff-level experience scaling complex production systems
Solid architecture, data modeling, and distributed systems fundamentals
Experience setting technical direction across multiple teams
Strong product judgment connecting platforms to customer outcomes
Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Bring staff-level engineering leadership to Rippling’s accurate, explainable, and dependable payroll calculation platform.

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📌 Staff Payroll Systems Engineer (Ontario)
🏢 Rippling
📍 Ontario