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
- 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
- 3-6 years of relevant work experience
- Development experience with Go, Python, or Java
- Understanding of software engineering best practices and system design
- Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Rancher, and containerization technologies
- Experience contributing to deployment pipelines using common CI/CD tools
- Familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation
- Exposure to Prometheus and OpenTelemetry observability platforms
- Collaborative teamwork and customer service orientation
- Good written, verbal, and interpersonal communication 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 — Comprehensive coverage, including employer-paid medical, dental, and vision from day one, is emphasized alongside wellbeing resources and stipends. This indicates strong foundational healthcare support as part of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of substantial duration and inclusive family-forming benefits (via fertility support) are highlighted. These offerings signal robust backing for diverse paths to parenthood.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO paired with additional company-wide recharge days points to ample time-off provisions. Public materials also reference generous closures that facilitate periodic rest.
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.
