Staff Engineer Job in Bangalore at Rippling

Rippling is hiring for the role of Staff Engineer!

About the Company:

• 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.

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Architect and Lead: Design, develop, and maintain internet-scale, highly distributed systems and scalable services for the Rippling Unity Platform.
• Hands-On Coding: Actively participate in coding and code reviews, using languages such as Python, Golang, and Java.
• Technical Leadership: Provide visionary technical leadership, setting the direction for engineering best practices and the adoption of advanced technologies.
• Mentorship: Mentor and support engineers across the organization, fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• System Design: Architect systems capable of handling millions of users simultaneously, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
• API Development: Design and implement clean, modularized abstraction APIs and programmatic APIs for both end users and engineers, including Backend for Frontend (BFF) systems.
• Storage Solutions: Design and implement Analytical  systems that encompass both analytical (e.g., Presto, S3, Snowflake) and transactional (e.g., MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB) systems. They should be able to handle petabyte scale 
• Resiliency and SLAs: Develop and maintain systems with high availability and reliability, targeting four or five 9s (99.99% or 99.999%) uptime.
• Observability: Implement comprehensive observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing, to ensure system health and performance.
• Streaming and Workflow Systems: Build and integrate streaming solutions (e.g., Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect) and workflow systems for both transactional and analytical workflows.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, data science, and operations, to align on strategic goals and ensure successful project delivery.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, driving innovation and continuous improvement within the Rippling Unity Platform.
• Documentation and Standards: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation and standards for system architecture, design, and operational processes.