Senior Engineering Manager - Payments Execution Engineering San Francisco, CA

Senior Engineering Manager - Payments Execution About the role Rippling is seeking a high-impact Engineering Manager (M8) to lead execution for our newly formed Money Movement & Treasury organization. While our Seattle hub focuses on next-generation ledger architecture, this team owns the reliability, scalability, and platformization of our orchestration and payment methods systems. This is a critical role focused on building and operating the execution layer that powers global money movement. You will lead a foundational team of 6 engineers, with a clear mandate to scale both the team and the systems into a core pillar of Rippling’s financial infrastructure. We’re looking for a hands‑on, execution-focused leader who prioritizes system stability, operational rigor, and high-quality delivery in a fast-moving environment. What you will do Own the Execution Layer - Lead and scale a team focused on orchestration platformization and standardizing payment method components across geographies. Drive System Reliability - Own uptime and resilience for critical money movement systems, including self‑healing orchestration, robust alerting, and graceful degradation across global payment flows. Set Technical and Product Priorities - Partner closely with Product to manage the roadmap, making clear tradeoffs between reliability, scalability, and feature development. Build Operational Excellence - Establish strong engineering fundamentals, including SLAs, runbooks, incident management, and on‑call health, to support systems processing ~$100B in annual volume. Scale the Team and Surface Area - Define team structure, hiring strategy, and operating cadences to support rapid growth and increasing system complexity over time. What you will need 3+ years of experience managing backend or infrastructure engineering teams (typically 8–12+ engineers), with the ambition to grow into a Senior Manager/Director role Strong track record of building and operating reliable, high-scale distributed systems Deep ownership mindset around system reliability, operational excellence, and on‑call health Experience in payments, orchestration systems, or high‑throughput fintech platforms is strongly preferred Ability to operate with urgency, cut through ambiguity, and maintain a high bar for technical execution 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 View email address on click.appcast.io. 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 here. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below. The pay range for this role is: 207,000 - 345,000 USD per year (US San Francisco Bay Area) #J-18808-Ljbffr Rippling