Software Engineer II

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Build enterprise, distributed payment applications and services that complete settlement within seconds to enable the Internet of Value
• Deliver reliable, high-throughput, low-latency microservices to power seamless cross-border transactions
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle by gathering requirements, leveraging sound software design principles, and ensuring operational excellence with unit and integration testing
• Work with teams across the organization, including product, legal, and business development, to think beyond the technical implications of your design decisions
• Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by implementing and driving best practices for coding, testing, and deployment

Requirements

• 3-5 years of hands-on software development experience on large-scale, transactional systems with a focus on robust software design, scalability, and security
• Intellectual curiosity - you love to dig into how things work and understand how to improve and scale them
• You thrive on autonomy, responsibility, and owning your work, end-to-end
• A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge within your team and organization
• Eagerness to work openly and collaboratively with a diverse team

Benefits

• 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