Software Engineer II, Platform

Contribute to platform features across compute, authentication, service discovery, observability, and redundancy

Implement architectural solutions under the guidance of senior engineers, with a growing awareness of tradeoffs between scale, cost, and maintenance

Support and mentor junior engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing

Help deploy and maintain Ripple's multi-region, multi-provider service platforms with a focus on security and reliability

Build and improve tooling for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction

Contribute to platform and application lifecycle services, working toward automated, data-driven workflows

Participate in discussions around scalable, maintainable, and cost-effective solutions

Learn and apply DevOps and GitOps principles in your day-to-day work

Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field

3–6 years of relevant work experience with development background in Go, Python, or Java, with a good understanding of software engineering best practices and system design

Hands-on experience with cloud providers like AWS

Working knowledge of orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Rancher) and containerization technologies for deploying and managing distributed services

Experience contributing to deployment pipelines using common CI/CD tools

Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation

Exposure to Observability platforms leveraging Prometheus and OpenTelemetry, with an interest in building instrumentation patterns and monitoring SLOs/SLIs

A collaborative team player with a customer service orientation and a willingness to build relationships across teams and cultures

Good communication skills — written, verbal, and interpersonal

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.