Senior Engineering Manager, AI Developer Experience

About Rippling
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role
Rippling's Developer Experience organization is responsible for building the tools, workflows, and platforms that enable more than 1,000 engineers to move quickly and safely. As AI fundamentally changes how software is built, we are investing heavily in creating the next generation of engineering productivity systems.
As a Senior Engineering Manager, AI Developer Experience, you will lead the team responsible for developer productivity across the entire engineering organization. This includes local development environments, build systems, CI/CD infrastructure, AI-assisted development workflows, engineering productivity tooling, and the long-term evolution of how software is built at Rippling.
This is a highly strategic role focused on leveraging AI to transform developer workflows, reduce engineering friction, and accelerate product development across the company.

What you will do
Lead and grow the engineering team responsible for developer productivity and engineering velocity
Define Rippling's long-term strategy for AI-assisted software development
Build and scale AI-powered workflows for coding, testing, debugging, code review, and operational support
Drive adoption of agentic development workflows across the engineering organization
Own local development tooling, build systems, and CI/CD platforms
Lead initiatives to improve developer efficiency, onboarding, and engineering satisfaction
Partner with engineering leaders to identify productivity bottlenecks and deliver scalable solutions
Drive the evolution of large-scale codebase management, build performance, and developer workflows
Develop engineers and technical leaders while fostering a culture of innovation and experimentation
What you will need
8+ years of software engineering experience
4+ years of engineering management experience
Experience building developer platforms, internal tools, or engineering productivity systems
Strong understanding of modern software development workflows and CI/CD ecosystems
Experience with large-scale codebases, build systems, and developer tooling
Demonstrated interest or experience applying AI to software engineering workflows
Strong product mindset with a focus on developer experience and adoption
Ability to operate in ambiguous, rapidly evolving technical domains
Experience leading senior engineers, Staff Engineers, and Principal Engineers
Additional Information
Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here .

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.