Senior Software Engineer, Backend Full Stack - IT Product

About Rippling 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. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @ Rippling.com addresses. About the IT Product Team The IT Product Engineering team is critical to unifying Rippling's workforce management system, bridging the gap between HR and traditional IT administration. Our mission is to build software that enables businesses to manage employee devices, applications, and access security automatically, leveraging Rippling's single source of employee truth (the HRIS). We automate the complexity of IT management from the moment a new employee is hired to the moment they offboard. What We Build We build the mission-critical software that simplifies IT for organizations, turning complex, manual processes into simple, one-click solutions. Our core product domains include: Device Management (MDM): Developing systems to securely enroll, configure, manage, and inventory corporate devices (macOS, Windows, iOS, etc.), including policy enforcement and remote wipe capabilities. App Management & Identity: Creating the centralized platform for provisioning and de-provisioning employee access to hundreds of third-party SaaS applications, ensuring instant security and compliance through integrated identity and access management (IAM). Inventory & Asset Management: Building the core financial and logistical systems to track physical assets, manage software licenses, and automate IT procurement from device ordering to deployment. Security & Compliance: Developing the mechanisms for setting, managing, and enforcing security policies across all devices and applications, ensuring employee and corporate data remain protected. What you will do Develop and improve both product backend capabilities and user-facing features, working across the stack to make them shine Collaborate closely with PMs and designers to translate complex product requirements and visual designs into responsive, high-quality code. Move quickly and confidently, making smart decisions to fill in the gaps where product details aren’t fully defined—always learning from user feedback. Play an active role in building a culture of excellence within our product and engineering teams. What you will need 5+ years of experience in a production environment using Python, Django, or related technologies. Familiarity in frontend development with React or typescript. Exposure and hands on experience with systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale Strong product intuition: you care about design and user experience and are quick to identify how these could be improved. Experience shipping complex projects Deep understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals Strong communication skills with a variety of stakeholders Additional Information 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 charact