Staff Full Stack Software Engineer (Backend) - Scheduling

About the role

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Scheduling team. You'll build innovative solutions that help businesses around the world manage their workforce, providing visibility into labor cost, forecasting demand, tracking attendance and more. The products we create have a massive impact on how our customers operate at a global scale.

Scheduling is a complex product which integrates into various other apps, such as Time & Attendance, Time Off, Forecasting and more. It is a critical flow for hourly employees and sits at the heart of Rippling's standalone Time product, which is crucial to Rippling's continued growth.

As a key player in Rippling's international expansion, you'll be working on some of our most high-impact products, with major initiatives launching in 2026. This is a chance to shape the future of a rapidly growing product suite, solve complex challenges, and help businesses manage their most valuable asset: their people.

What you will do

• Write Exceptional Code: Build scalable, maintainable, and high-performance backend systems that power critical workforce management products.
• Move Fast, But with Precision: Deliver high-quality features quickly by balancing speed and safety in your code.
• Drive Architecture & Design: Own architectural decisions and guide the full product lifecycle, from ideation to production.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other teams to gather customer feedback and refine the product roadmap.
• Mentor & Lead: Support the growth of junior engineers by sharing your expertise and promoting engineering best practices across the team.
• Shape the Future: As an early member of this team, you'll have a direct influence on team culture, structure, and processes.

What you will need

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in backend development with expertise in Python, Django, or similar technologies.
• Frontend Knowledge: Experience with React or JavaScript
• Technical Expertise: Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and system design. You're comfortable working with systems at scale and can navigate complex technical challenges.
• Product Focused: You're not just a coder-you care deeply about the end user, product design, and delivering an intuitive, polished experience.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: You thrive in a fast-paced, unstructured environment. You don't just solve problems-you identify them, own them, and create solutions that have a lasting impact.

Additional Information

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.

Pay and benefits

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.

The final compensation offered to a successful candidate will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, location, experience, education, training, and business need. This position may also be eligible for bonuses, commissions, and/or equity, subject to applicable plan documents and company policy. Successful candidates hired for this role may also be eligible to participate in the company's benefits programs, which may include, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement benefits, and/or paid time off, as determined by company policy.