Join Rippling's innovative Tax Platform team as a Staff Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of global payroll tax processing. This is a unique opportunity to influence technical strategy and drive architectural decisions for a platform processing over $30 billion in annual payroll.

As a key member of a globally recognized tax calculation and filing stack, you will contribute to a rapidly growing system that serves millions of employees across diverse jurisdictions. Your work will directly impact the platform's ability to maintain accuracy and compliance in an ever-evolving regulatory landscape.

Lead the architectural vision for mission-critical systems, ensuring they can scale to accommodate 50% year-over-year growth. Drive high-visibility initiatives that define product roadmaps and company strategy.

Champion engineering excellence across teams by establishing robust standards and scalable patterns. Design systems where reliability and correctness are paramount, focusing on auditability, graceful degradation, and fault tolerance.

Tackle complex global challenges, architecting solutions for millions of payroll transactions across multiple countries and thousands of jurisdictions. Serve as the technical advocate in cross-functional discussions, translating business requirements into actionable technical strategies.

A seasoned software engineer with 8+ years of experience and proven technical leadership is sought. Demonstrated success in architecting large-scale, highly reliable distributed systems is essential.

Deep expertise in an Object-Oriented Programming language and a track record of designing systems that empower other engineers are key. You should possess a strong ownership mentality and a history of driving technical strategy and influencing decisions across multiple teams.

This role demands rigorous engineering practices, with a focus on correctness, comprehensive testing, and operational excellence. Exceptional communication skills are required to effectively represent engineering perspectives to leadership and stakeholders.