Job description

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, 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

Rippling’s Accounting Integrations team is on a mission to automate the flow of financial data between Rippling’s core products—such as Payroll, Spend, Travel, and Procurement—and external ERPs like NetSuite, QuickBooks, and Xero.

We own the underlying infrastructure that enables seamless, bi-directional sync between Rippling’s platform and these accounting systems.

Our work is critical to enabling accounting books closure: a real-time accounting model that helps finance teams move away from manual, month-end fire drills toward strategic, high-impact work.

As an SDE-I on the team, you’ll contribute to high-impact projects by building scalable, reliable systems that automate key financial processes like data synchronization and reconciliation.

You’ll collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver features that ensure accuracy, compliance, and visibility into our customers’ financial data.

This is a high-ownership role where you'll contribute to both new product capabilities and improvements to existing infrastructure.

You’ll also have the opportunity to work on enterprise-grade integrations as Rippling expands into global markets and supports more complex accounting use cases.

If you’re a strong backend engineer who enjoys solving real-world business problems at scale, we’d love to work with you.

What you will do

• Take ownership of projects, guiding them from initial product requirements through to launch, benefiting all Reimbursement customers.
• Maintain a relentless commitment to elevating engineering standards within the team
• Develop extensible and scalable solutions that expands our product offerings
• Identify inefficiencies within the team and drive process and system enhancements.

What you will need

• 1+ years of overall experience with a Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, or related fields
• Strong understanding of JS fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript (especially ES6+), React, HTML, and CSS, and unit and integration testing frameworks.
• Knowledge of front-end performance optimization technique
• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while maintaining a fast development velocity.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team
• A proactive mindset with eagerness to learn new technologies and tackle real-world engineering challenges
• Bonus: Open source contributions, competitive programming experience, or a strong CS foundation from a Tier 1 institution
• Bonus: Experience in backend technologies like python, mongo, etc.
• Bonus: Experience designing and building SaaS products

What We Offer

• A competitive compensation and benefits package.
• The chance to work on high-impact, meaningful projects alongside a collaborative and high-caliber team.
• Opportunities for continuous learning, growth, and career development.
• An inclusive, fun, and innovative workplace that values diversity and creative thinking.

Additional Information (NOTE: not all of the below may apply to non-US roles)

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 40 mile 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.

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.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location.

Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

Required Skill Profession

Computer Occupations