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.
THE WORKWe are seeking a new Staff Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team of our Custody department. You'll play a key role in shaping our engineering practices, ensuring the reliability and performance of our platform across a multi-cloud environment, and empowering our engineering team to deliver innovative features with speed and efficiency. You will drive improvements in our automation, observability, and overall platform stability.
WHAT YOU'LL DO- Design, build, and operate scalable, resilient infrastructure across cloud providers including Azure, AWS, GCP, and IBM Cloud.
- Lead infrastructure architecture and reliability improvements for critical custody services.
- Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability across distributed systems.
- Own and evolve blockchain node infrastructure, including high availability, failover, and provider management.
- Build automation for infrastructure provisioning, deployments, testing, failover, incident response, and operational maintenance.
- Drive deployment operations and release reliability for platform and product services.
- Proactively identify performance bottlenecks, reliability risks, and operational gaps before they impact customers.
- Participate in on-call rotations, support production incidents, and help improve incident response and post-incident learning.
- Contribute to internal platform tools, services, and developer workflows.
- Create clear documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures for critical systems.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on infrastructure, reliability, and platform engineering decisions.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or systems operations for highly available production systems.
- Experience managing blockchain nodes, including high availability, failover, and operational resilience.
- Experience operating infrastructure in high-traffic, customer-critical, or security-sensitive environments.
- Strong production experience with PostgreSQL.
- Proven experience provisioning and managing infrastructure with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Deep experience with containerized infrastructure and Kubernetes in highly available environments.
- Proficiency with programming and scripting languages such as .NET, Go, Bash, or TypeScript.
- Experience with messaging and queueing technologies such as RabbitMQ or AMQP.
- Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, or similar platforms.
- Familiarity with GitOps practices using platforms like Argo CD or Flux.
- Experience working with confidential computing solutions like AWS Nitro Enclaves, IBM Hyper Protect Virtual Servers, or GCP Confidential Computing.
- Excellent ability in solving problems and the ability to diagnose complex distributed system issues.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of working effectively across teams.
- A focus on clear procedures, strong documentation habits, and a dedication to operational excellence.
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
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering
- Experience managing blockchain nodes
- Experience operating infrastructure in customer-critical environments
- Production experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience with Terraform or similar tools
- Deep experience with Kubernetes in highly available environments
- Proficiency with programming languages like .NET, Go, Bash, or TypeScript
- Experience with messaging technologies like RabbitMQ or AMQP
- Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, etc.
- Familiarity with GitOps practices using platforms like Argo CD
- Experience with confidential computing solutions
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.
