Software Engineer II, Platform

Ripple • $100K — $120K *

Toronto, ON M3C 0E3In-Person

Finance & Insurance

Less than 5 years of experience

1 month ago

Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
3-6 years of experience in software development
Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java
Experience with AWS cloud services
Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerization
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
Exposure to observability tools like Prometheus and OpenTelemetry

Responsibilities

Contribute to platform features such as compute and authentication
Implement architectural solutions with a focus on scalability and maintenance
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews
Deploy and maintain multi-region, secure service platforms
Develop automation tools to minimize operational friction
Enhance platform and application lifecycle services
Engage in discussions to design scalable, cost-effective solutions
Apply DevOps and GitOps principles in daily tasks

Benefits

Opportunities for career growth and development
Collaborative work environment
Focus on innovative and challenging projects
Emphasis on security and reliability in engineering
Mentorship opportunities from experienced engineers

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Full Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer, Platform 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:

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

What we're looking for:

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

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About Ripple

Ripple is a technology company that provides solutions for global payments. The company's main product is the Ripple payment protocol and its associated digital currency XRP. Ripple's payment protocol is designed to enable secure, instantly and nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no chargebacks. Ripple's customers include banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges and corporates. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Learn more about Ripple

Size

500 employees

Industry

Finance & Insurance

Founded

2012

* Ladders Estimates

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