The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, and enhance scalable payment systems, engaging fully in the software development lifecycle, focusing on engineering excellence and collaboration.
At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.
If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.
THE WORK:
We are looking for Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about solving exciting and ambiguous problems in the emerging crypto payments space. This role provides opportunities to think out-of-the box to solve traditional and non-traditional problems using innovative approaches. We are deeply passionate about the growth of our engineers and place a premium on career development. The successful candidate will have a high degree of accountability, visibility and responsibility from Day 1!
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Be an ambitious builder, build reliable, scalable and performant Payment systems to support a business that uses crypto to deliver an innovative experience to customers.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle by capturing requirements, using sound software design principles, and ensuring operational excellence with unit and integration testing.
- Work with wider technical teams on the design, deployment and continuous improvement of backend applications.
- Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by implementing and driving standard processes for coding, testing, and deployment.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
- 5-7 years of hands-on software development experience on large-scale, transactional systems with a focus on robust software design, scalability, and security.
- Experience coding with Javascript/ Typescript and comfortable with modern front end engineering stack. Experience building scalable services using Java (Spring/ Springboot framework) on cloud platforms like AWS.
- Intellectual curiosity - you love to dig into how things work and understand how to improve and scale them.
- You thrive on autonomy, responsibility, and owning your work, end-to-end
- A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge within your team and organization
- Eagerness to work openly and collaboratively with a diverse team
For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.
CA Annual Base Salary Range
$160,000—$180,000 USD
WHO WE ARE:
Do Your Best Work
- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
- In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
- We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
Take Control of Your Finances
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend
Take Care of Yourself
- R&R days so you can rest and recharge
- Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
- Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
- Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events
Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.
Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.
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Top Skills
AWS
Java
JavaScript
Spring
Spring Boot
Typescript
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