Software Engineer II – Onboarding

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Software Engineer II leading the design and development of distributed backend services for Ripple's onboarding platform. Collaborating with Product and Compliance teams to enhance user experience across financial products.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $140,000 - $174,999 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoGRPCJavaKafkaKotlinKubernetesPythonReactRustSpringSpring BootSpringBootVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design and development of distributed, cloud-native backend services that power onboarding across Ripple’s product suite.
Partner with Product, Compliance, and other engineering teams to design scalable orchestration and data pipelines.
Migrate core onboarding logic out of Salesforce into resilient, observable services and a dedicated persistence layer.
Build platform capabilities that enable faster onboarding with fewer customer touchpoints, while preserving trust and compliance.
Contribute to foundational data modeling work that will feed into Ripple’s future identity platform (while ownership of Identity will move to a dedicated team).
Champion engineering excellence in code quality, testing, and operational practices.
Mentor engineers and help grow a lean, high-impact team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep full stack engineering experience in modern, cloud-native, distributed systems.
Proven track record designing and delivering large-scale systems in complex environments.
Strong API design and integration skills (REST and/or gRPC).
Exposure to frontend frameworks (React, Vue, etc.) for full-stack capability.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS).
Comfort navigating and reducing technical debt while delivering business value.
Leadership skills: can set technical direction, mentor others, and influence cross-team decisions.
Preferred (But Not Required)
Experience with our current stack: Java + Spring Boot.
We welcome candidates from other backend stacks (Go, Kotlin, C#, Python, Rust, etc.) who can quickly learn JVM technologies.
Event-driven architecture (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.).
Domain knowledge in fintech, regtech, KYC/KYB, identity verification, or compliance-heavy systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
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

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Hard Skills & Tools

full stack engineeringcloud-native systemsdistributed systemsAPI designRESTgRPCfrontend frameworksJavaSpring Bootevent-driven architecture

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringinfluencing decisionstechnical directionnavigating technical debtdelivering business value