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.
THE WORK:
Developer Operations (DevOps) at Ripple manages communication, collaboration, and integration between Development and Operations teams. They ensure infrastructures, tools, and processes are streamlined and effective for automated product delivery.
The Senior Software Engineer, DevOps will contribute to the discovery, development, and implementation of solutions to improve infrastructure and release pipelines. These solutions will include developer infrastructure, production infrastructure layout and maintenance, capacity and load testing, CI/CD infrastructure, and release process automation. You will push the boundaries with new tools and technologies and use a data-driven approach for achieving desired results. You will play a critical role helping to advance Ripple's development and production infrastructure, improving our DevOps process including deployment, monitoring, instrumentation and overall infrastructure management.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Develop, deploy, and maintain Ripple’s multi-region, multi-provider service platforms
- Supply build and development of tools for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction and increase engineering efficiency
- Work with wider engineering teams on implementation, adoption, and continuous improvements
- Build and automate new and existing platform and application lifecycle services, using data to converge on declared states with minimal human interaction
- Collaborate with product engineering to ensure code is production-ready
- Participate in the adoption of DevOps-first principles within the organization
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
- 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Extensive hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure, deployments, and large-scale, multi-region distributed systems, preferably on Azure and AWS
- Strong proficiency in Kubernetes and experience managing container orchestration platforms and runtimes, including Docker and OCI.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform , Azure Bicep and AWS CloudFormation.
- Strong understanding of platform engineering fundamentals, including automation, reliability, scalability, high availability, and operational excellence.
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including automated environment provisioning, regression testing, and containerized build and deployment workflows.
- Experience managing artifact repositories and storage systems for build dependencies and pipeline artifacts.
- Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems, networking fundamentals, and scripting languages such as Bash and Python.
- Experience operating, administering, and troubleshooting production infrastructure, with a focus on performance, security, and reliability.
- Experience working in Agile development environments and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a team-oriented mindset.
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.
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Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
- Hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure, deployments, and large-scale multi-region distributed systems, preferably on AWS
- Strong proficiency in Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms and runtimes, including Docker and OCI
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
- Understanding of automation, reliability, scalability, high availability, and operational excellence
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automated environment provisioning, regression testing, and containerized build and deployment workflows
- Experience managing artifact repositories and storage systems for build dependencies and pipeline artifacts
- Strong knowledge of Linux, networking fundamentals, and scripting languages such as Bash and Python
- Experience operating, administering, and troubleshooting production infrastructure with focus on performance, security, and reliability
- Experience working in Agile development environments and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Ripple Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ripple and has not been reviewed or approved by Ripple.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is considered comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision often employer-paid from day one. Wellness resources such as EAP support, HSA/FSA options, and wellness stipends further strengthen the offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including flexible or unlimited PTO, paid holidays, sick and bereavement leave, sabbaticals, volunteer time, and company-wide recharge days. These practices are positioned to encourage collective rest and reduce burnout.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as generous, complemented by family medical leave and fertility or family-forming benefits through specialized providers. These programs support diverse paths to parenthood and caregiving needs.
Ripple Insights
What We Do
Ripple provides one frictionless experience to send money globally using the power of blockchain technology. By joining Ripple’s growing global network, financial institutions can process their customers’ payments anywhere in the world instantly, reliably and cost-effectively. Banks and payment providers can use the digital asset XRP to further reduce their costs and access new markets. Founded in 2012, Ripple's vision is to enable a world where value moves as seamlessly as information flows today—an Internet of Value. Ripple is the only enterprise blockchain company today with products in commercial use. Ripple’s global payments network includes over 300 customers across 40+ countries and six continents.
