Software Engineer II, Backend - Platform Team

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test reliable backend services and APIs that power core product features and business logic at scale
• Work across key technical domains, including API design, data modeling, event modeling, and optimizing service performance
• Own the development lifecycle for defined features, from implementation and testing to deployment, monitoring, and support in a production environment
• Effectively integrate into cross-functional teams, contribute to technical discovery, and rapidly learn from code and system feedback

Benefits

• Equity
• Glassdoor
• 3.6
• Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance operations into a single system.
• San Francisco, California, USA
• https://www.rippling.com
• Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
• Represents job field similar to this job
• Engineering and Development
• Management and Executive
• Product Management
• Marketing
• Accounting and Finance
• Customer Service and Support
• Sales
• Trends of Total Sponsorships
• *2026
• (84)
• 2025
• (83)
• 2024
• (24)
• Late Stage
• Total Funding
• $2.44B
• Key Investors
• Coatue
• Greenoaks
• Bedrock,Kleiner Perkins

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer, preferably with Python, Go, or a similar production language, and strong experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
• Care about business impact, balancing technical craft with speed and the bottom line to deliver value quickly
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments, demonstrating resilience and agility in the face of changing product needs
• Excellent skills in communicating complex technical ideas with clarity to enable effective collaboration with peers and stakeholders
• 2+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer, preferably with Python, Go, or a similar production language, and strong experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).

Required skills

• API Design, Backend Engineering, Data Modeling, Event Modeling, Go, PostgreSQL, Python, Relational Databases, Service Performance Optimization

Experience

• 2+ years