Senior Software Engineer, Backend - AI Platform

Senior Software Engineer, Backend – AI Platform

Location:

Seattle, Washington, United States. Job Category:
Information Technology.

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, allowing management and automation of the entire employee lifecycle in a single system.

At Rippling, we are building an autonomous operating system for work, investing heavily in enterprise AI to create intelligent background automation and self‑improving systems. You will join the team that launched Rippling AI, the fastest‑growing product in our history, and build the platform that underpins every AI surface s is a hands‑on senior engineering role that owns technical initiatives and collaborates across product, infrastructure, and platform teams.

• Own end‑to‑end technical design and implementation for high‑impact AI platform initiatives from design through production.
• Collaborate closely with engineers across product, infra, and platform organizations.
• Build scalable agent infrastructure that automates repetitive, high‑frequency workflows across Rippling's product surface.
• Design systems that are observable, self‑correcting, and capable of improving over time with minimal human intervention.
• Develop harness and platform capabilities that encode business logic and institutional knowledge into reliable, automated workflows.
• Partner closely with Product to ensure AI‑powered surfaces are trustworthy, controllable, and intuitive for end users and admins.
• Mentor junior engineers, contribute to best practices for AI platform development, and raise the technical bar on the team.
• Track the frontier, translate model capability improvements into architectural decisions, and move quickly when new approaches unlock better outcomes.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of owning and delivering complex technical projects.
• Strong expertise in platform and distributed systems engineering—building reliable, observable, large‑scale systems.
• Strong hands‑on coding skills; an active, high‑output contributor in the codebase.
• Experience driving technical initiatives end‑to‑end, including collaborating across teams to deliver outcomes.
• Strong product instincts—you translate ambiguous problems into durable platform capabilities and partner effectively with product teams.
• Clear, precise communication to diverse audiences, both written and verbal.
• Comfort with ambiguity and high velocity; the roadmap evolves as the technology evolves.
• Recent hands‑on experience building AI agents is a plus.

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 characteristic. Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process.

To request accommodations, please email

The pay range for this role is:
168,000 – 280,000 USD per year (US San Francisco Bay Area)
168,000 – 280,000 USD per year (US Tier
1)