Software Engineer II, Platform
Ripple is hiring a Software Engineer II, Platform in Toronto, Canada. Level rates it ; you can apply on Ripple.
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- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Git, Kubernetes and Docker.
- Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
- Level lists 111 other open roles at Ripple.
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Platform software engineer responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining production infrastructure and release pipelines.
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.
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 SE II 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
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.
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.Please find our California, UK/EU, Singapore, DIFC, ADGM, Australia, and Switzerland Applicant Privacy Notice for reference.
How we rate this
Software Engineer II, Platform at Ripple rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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