Software Engineer, Custody

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At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. We do the best work of our careers and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us and build real‑world value.

The Staff Software Engineer will help lead and build the next generation of crypto‑custody platform that enables banks to secure their funds and build an Internet of Value. Ripple’s distributed financial technology outperforms today’s banking infrastructure by driving down costs, growing processing speeds and delivering end‑to‑end transparency into payment fees, timing and delivery.

• Lead the build and scale of a high‑security crypto‑custody platform, expanding to AML/Travel Rule compliance, staking, tokenization and fully automated transaction workflows across supported chains.
• Work with wider technical teams on the design, deployment and continuous improvement of backend applications.
• Be a technical domain leader, provide technical guidance to your team and own the delivery of features.
• Participate in raising our standard of engineering excellence by implementing standard methodologies for architecture, coding, testing and deployment.

• 8+ years of hands‑on software development and architecture experience on large‑scale distributed backend systems, with the last 5+ years in Java (with Spring framework), and 4+ years experience working as a tech lead and mentoring other specialists.
• Experience in building transactional systems (preferably in payments / banking / e‑commerce domains), backed by an RDBMS.
• Experience building cloud applications on AWS or Azure, and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with Agile development of distributed services, with a focus on robust software design, scalability, availability and security.
• Eagerness to work openly and collaboratively with a diverse team.
• Ability to encourage and drive engineering standard processes.
• A positive demeanor and a passion for sharing knowledge.
• BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or similar.

• Competitive salary, bonuses and equity.
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family support.
• Employee giving match.
• Mobile phone stipend.
• R&R days for rest and recharge.
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming.
• Generous vacation policy—work with your manager to take time off when you need it.
• Industry‑leading parental leave policies and family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully‑stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer – We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.