Please note this is for San Francisco, CA, United States. You only need to apply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.
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.
As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will play a critical role helping to advance Ripple's production infrastructure and release pipelines. Infrastructure Engineers at Ripple are a hybrid of systems and software engineers who support the design and lifecycle of our hosted products. You will work closely with product engineers to support their infrastructure needs, ideally in a self-service environment.
WHAT YOU'LL DO: Build and provide platform features for compute, authentication, service discovery and calls, observability and redundancyLead architectural approaches with the right tradeoffs between scale, cost and maintenanceCoach junior engineers about design, development, testing and deployment best practicesDeploy and maintain Ripple's multi-region, multi-provider service platforms (with an emphasis on security and resiliency)Develop tools for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction and increase engineering efficiencyCreate and automate new and existing platform and application lifecycle services, leveraging data to converge on declared states with minimal human interactionPropose scalable, maintainable and cost-effective solutionsParticipate in the leadership of DevOps and GitOps principles within the organizationWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical disciplineThinks about engineering excellence in tandem with the developer experience8+ years of relevant work experience with solid development background with Go, Python, or JavaExperience developing APIs and SDKsExperience working with cloud infrastructures, particularly AWSExperience with container schedulers and runtimes such as Docker running on Kubernetes, Rancher, or MesosExperience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)Experience with real-time telemetry and tracing tools like PrometheusStrong team player with a customer service orientation and ability to forge relationships at all levels of the company and across diverse culturesHave excellent communication skills – written, verbal and interpersonalFor 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: $187,200 — $234,000 USD
WHO WE ARE: Do Your Best Work
The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leadersA 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.Weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership TeamWe 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 equityCompetitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family supportEmployee giving matchTake Care of Yourself
R&R days so you can rest and rechargeGenerous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programmingGenerous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need itIndustry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun eventsBenefits 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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