Engineering Manager - Payroll Calculation

Engineering Manager - Payroll Calculation

Payroll is the most critical financial transaction between a company and its people. The Rippling Payroll Calculations team is the engine at the heart of payroll, responsible for accurately calculating every component of a paycheckfrom earnings and deductions to complex taxes and withholdingsfor employees worldwide. This engine is mission-critical, processing billions of dollars every month and integrating deeply with other Rippling products like HRIS, Benefits, Time & Attendance and Reports.

As the Engineering Manager, you will have a dual mission : leading a mission-critical migration to unblock our global expansion strategy, while simultaneously building the future of Rippling's most impactful product. You will execute under pressure, manage complex migrations, and motivate a team to build the foundation for our next phase of growth. You'll tackle one of the most complex challenges in fintechcreating flexible, high-performance systems that navigate complex compensation structures while ensuring accurate payroll calculations. If you're excited about complex algorithmic challenges with a massive real-world impact, this is the team for you.

What You Will Do :

• Execute and Unblock : Own the delivery of a critical migration to move all US payroll customers onto our global payroll framework. You will manage the roadmap, clear obstacles, and drive the project to completion against a high-priority deadline.
• Lead and Motivate : Guide a team of engineers through a period of high operational load, managing on-call escalations, incidents, and a high volume of support while maintaining team morale and focus.
• Build and Scale the Team : Grow and mentor a high-performing team. You will be responsible for hiring, career development, and fostering a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and resilience.
• Partner on Strategy : Work closely with Product Management to define the long-term roadmap. After the migration, you will shift focus to clearing our feature backlog and building the capabilities to land larger up-market deals.
• Drive Technical Excellence : Lead the team in reshaping our codebase for the future. You'll make strategic decisions on how to refactor our legacy systems and build scalable, extensible architecture that can handle 100x growth.
• Collaborate and Influence : Serve as the key technical leader for US payroll, educating and influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders to solve problems of scale related to code, process, and product.

What You Will Need :

Additional Information :

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com.

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location.

The pay range for this role is :

180,000 - 315,000 USD per year (US Tier 1)