Staff Software Engineer Payroll AI

Rippling processes over $40 Billion in payroll annually across 83 countries and the Payroll Onboarding team sits at the absolute centre of this global engine. Every time a new business joins Rippling our systems are what get them up running and compliant.

We are hiring Staff Engineers to redefine how global payroll infrastructure scales. Our mission is to move away from heavy manual implementation and build a radically automated self-serve onboarding engine. Right now that means we are building AI-native onboarding experiences leveraging LLMs to conversationally guide users through dense regional tax and payroll configurations while pairing them with deterministic backend systems to guarantee flawless data precision.

Crucially we arent just building for todays footprint. We are building the architectural blueprint that accelerates Ripplings expansion into new countries. You will design systems that allow our country expansion teams to spin up payroll in a new market in a fraction of the time abstracting away local compliance complexities into clean reusable platform workflows.

• Architect for Global Expansion: Design and build platform infrastructure that empowers country expansion teams to deploy Rippling Payroll into new international markets with minimal friction.
• AI-Driven Workflows: Merge LLMs with rigid deterministic code. You will build conversational setup experiences that feel human but execute with 100% mathematical and compliance accuracy.
• Deconstruct Complexity: Translate massive messy regulatory frameworks and payroll setup flows across dozens of jurisdictions into clean elegant backend systems and seamless product UX.
• Scale the Platform: Own core pieces of a massive transactional system optimizing for scale high availability and bulletproof data integrity.

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

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 employees role.

This role will receive a competitive salary benefits equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someones compensationincluding a candidates professional background experience and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.