Senior Engineering Manager
Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead their tax platform, the computational core of their payroll system. The role focuses on stabilizing and evolving the tax engine to handle complex US and global tax codes at massive scale. You will drive operational transformation, manage a team of engineers and managers, and implement AI-powered explainability for tax computations. This position requires deep technical involvement in architecture, performance optimization, and cross-functional leadership.
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Experience
12-17 years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 1
What you will work on
Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead their tax platform, the computational core of their payroll system. The role focuses on stabilizing and evolving the tax engine to handle complex US and global tax codes at massive scale. You will drive operational transformation, manage a team of engineers and managers, and implement AI-powered explainability for tax computations. This position requires deep technical involvement in architecture, performance optimization, and cross-functional leadership.
TAL's take
Exceptional role at a Tier-1 company leading a critical platform engine with massive scale and high-impact transformation objectives.
The JD provides an extremely clear definition of the scope, the core system architecture, the team context, and the specific technical goals.
Salaries at Rippling
52.7 LPA average
Based on 39 Grapevine salary entries for Rippling.
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48 LPA average
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6 - 8 years | L7
72 LPA average
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Engineering
8 - 10 years | L9
73 LPA average
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Must haves
- Minimum 5 years in a managerial role
- 2+ years managing managers
- 7-8 years as an IC prior
- Technical depth in complex systems
- Experience in operational transformation of high-toil systems
- Experience building scalable platform systems end-to-end
Tools and skills
Nice to have: fintech domain expertise, tax compliance systems.
About the company
Rippling is a highly valued, well-funded unicorn with a strong engineering brand and significant market presence.
Posts mentioning Rippling
DM for referrals
https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/us-based-hr-tech-company-rippling-to-expand-in-india-ceo-parker-conrad-124021401482_1.html See careers site https://www.rippling.com/careers
Need referral for SDE 1 at Rippling
Hi all, I am currently working as a Embedded Software Engineer at Texas Instruments(YoE: 1 year) and I want to work as a SDE. I saw a opening for SDE 1 at Rippling (link: https://ats.rippling.com/rippling/jobs/4c3bce21-1608-4520-9d41-a8d45bd8f4ab?jobSite=LinkedIn) If anyone is willing to refer me, please let me know in the comments or in DM. I will share my details and resume with you. Thank you
Work culture at Rippling
Have heard very negative feedback from ex employees in my circle. They just seem to be hiring and firing frequently.