Lead Software Development Manager

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.

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About the role

Are you looking to be in a role where you can have a significant impact on the company’s growth and success?

Does the prospect of making the most pragmatic technical decisions, which will drastically shape the future of the products excite you?

Are you someone who takes immense pride in building excellent products for customers that are technically designed for scalability and extensibility, and just work all the time?

If you answered yes to these, come join us!

The HR Products organization is looking for a seasoned Software Engineer to join the team which owns one of the most critical and strategic product lines for Rippling - Employment Products which is among the most foundational products of Rippling. The areas of ownership for this role will require you to be a key owner of our Global Expansion efforts, which comes with high visibility and growth opportunities. This role will involve an outstanding blend of Technical savviness and Product development, the ability to look into and shape the overall architecture of the Product itself.

What you will need

We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who has a strong product-building mindset and thrives in high-ownership environments. Key expectations from the role include :

• Product Development Experience : Hands-on experience building scalable products end-to-end. Should have been closely involved in defining and delivering both small and large-scale projects.
• Stakeholder Collaboration : Proven ability to work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, both within India and globally. Strong collaboration and coordination skills are essential.
• Execution-Driven : Should be execution-oriented with a clear understanding of how to set up roadmaps, define milestones, and drive outcomes.
• People Leadership : Minimum of 5 years in a managerial role and in Managing Managers for at least 2 years, with prior experience of 7-8 years as an Individual Contributor. Must have experience leading engineering teams and mentoring developers.
• Technical Foundation : While deep technical hands-on experience is good to have at this stage, the candidate should have a sound understanding of tech and be able to guide and review effectively.
• Communication Skills : Clear and effective communication is a must, especially when working with distributed teams and stakeholders.
• Experience Range : Total experience of 8–15 years (IC + Managerial).

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 characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.