About the role
We're looking for an exceptional engineering leader to build the next generation of Rippling's Talent platform for the AI era.
This isn't a traditional engineering management role. You'll join at the ground floor of a strategic initiative focused on reimagining how companies attract, hire, develop, and retain talent through AI-native experiences.
You'll partner closely with Product and AI Platform leadership to define the vision, prototype new ideas, and build products that fundamentally reshape how organizations manage talent throughout the employee lifecycle.
Rather than inheriting a mature roadmap, you'll help create it.
This role is ideal for someone who loves ambiguity, enjoys building from first principles, and wants the opportunity to create category-defining products backed by one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in the world.
What you will do
- Lead the technical strategy and execution for Rippling's next-generation AI-powered Talent platform.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing engineering organization, hiring exceptional engineers and engineering managers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and velocity.
- Partner closely with Product, AI Platform, Design, and executive leadership to define product vision, roadmap, and long-term technical strategy.
- Drive the architecture and delivery of AI-native products spanning the employee lifecycle—from recruiting and onboarding to performance, engagement, and talent development.
- Remain deeply engaged in technical decision-making, architecture reviews, and product development, setting a high bar for engineering quality and execution.
- Create an environment where teams can move quickly, make sound technical decisions, and ship meaningful customer impact.
- Scale both the organization and the technology as the business grows, balancing near-term execution with long-term platform investments.
- Help shape the future direction of Rippling's Talent organization as it expands into new AI-powered experiences.
What you will need
- Experience leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and developing senior engineers and engineering managers.
- Proven success building and scaling engineering organizations while maintaining a high technical bar.
- Strong technical depth with the ability to lead architecture discussions, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and contribute meaningfully to complex engineering decisions.
- Demonstrated experience building and shipping complex software products from concept through large-scale customer adoption.
- A builder mindset with the ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and create clarity where none exists.
- Strong product intuition and experience partnering closely with Product and Design to define strategy—not just execute against requirements.
- Excellent cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence across engineering, product, and executive stakeholders.
- Curiosity about AI and excitement for applying emerging technologies to fundamentally reshape enterprise software.
Additional Information
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 accommodations@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 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.
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 someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.
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, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ 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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