Ripple helps financial institutions transform global payments by providing blockchain-powered infrastructure for cross-border payments, digital asset custody, and stablecoin solutions. With it, users can enable instant settlements, reduce costs, and access new markets. The company was originally founded as OpenCoin in 2012 and rebranded to Ripple in 2015.

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Skills

Api Aws Backend Cloud Compliance Data Modeling Distributed System Ecs Event-Driven Architecture Fintech Grpc Identity Verification Java Kafka Kubernetes Kyb Kyc React Regtech Rest Salesforce Sns Spring Boot Sqs Vue

Candidate Availability

Hybrid · San Francisco · Required

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will lead the design and development of distributed, cloud-native backend services for customer onboarding. You will partner with Product, Compliance, and engineering teams on orchestration and data pipelines, migrate onboarding logic from Salesforce, design data models, improve code quality and operations, and mentor engineers while setting technical direction.

Requirements

Deep backend engineering experience with cloud-native distributed systems
Exposure to frontend frameworks such as React or Vue
Experience designing and delivering large-scale systems
API design and integration skills with REST or gRPC
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS
Experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes or ECS
Experience reducing technical debt while delivering business value
Technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-team influence
Experience with Java and Spring Boot is preferred
Knowledge of event-driven architecture, Kafka, or SNS/SQS is preferred
Domain knowledge in fintech, regtech, KYC/KYB, identity verification, or compliance-heavy systems is preferred

Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of distributed cloud-native backend services
Partner with Product, Compliance, and engineering teams to design orchestration and data pipelines
Migrate onboarding logic from Salesforce into resilient and observable services
Build platform capabilities that improve onboarding while preserving trust and compliance
Contribute to data modeling for the identity platform
Champion code quality, testing, and operational practices
Mentor engineers and influence cross-team technical decisions

Benefits

Professional development budget
Flexible in-office attendance determined by managers and teams
Bonuses and equity
Healthcare coverage
Retirement benefits
Family-forming and family-support benefits
Employee giving match
Mobile phone stipend
R&R days
Wellness reimbursement
Vacation policy
Parental leave
Family planning benefits
Catered lunches
Stocked kitchens
Onsite and virtual wellness programming
Team offsites, bonding activities, happy hours, and events