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 WORK:
In this role, As a Software Engineer II, you will be one of the core engineers
within Ripple’s central Data Engineering. This team implements the data
ingestion and transformation for analytics, machine learning and powering
various business functions at Ripple. You are curious about the bottlenecks and
failure modes of a system and look for opportunities to continually improve
cost/performance characteristics. You are hands-on in driving key technical
decisions, ensuring the right tradeoffs are made to deliver high-quality results
and deliver high, measurable customer value. You work well across functions and
teams, including data science, product, application engineering, compliance,
finance and others. Your passion for good engineering is complemented by strong
instincts to deliver value.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Highly efficient in shipping solutions to both large and small projects.
- Can handle ambiguity in requirements and can define and propose solutions for
them.
- Writes, presents, and gets agreement on the design document for a project
highlighting the architecture, timelines and alternatives considered.
- Owns the development and rollout for a small to mid-sized projects.
- Writes clean tech specs and identifies risks before starting major projects.
- Recognizes trade-offs and identifies impact/risks between alternative
solutions.
- Improves code structure and architecture in data pipelines of testability and
maintainability.
- Plays an active role in breaking down initiatives that span multiple sprints
and tasks.
- Leads feature development with 1-2 collaborators.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
- Proficient( 3 - 6 yrs) in at least one primary programming language (e.g.
Python, Scala) and comfortable working with SQL
- Experienced in at least one Data Warehouse or data lake platforms such as
Databricks
- Ability to write sophisticated code and comfortable with picking up new
technologies independently.
- Enjoy helping teams push the boundaries of analytical insights, creating new
product features using data, and powering machine-learning models.
- Familiar with developing distributed systems with experience in scalable data
pipelines
- Familiar with data technologies like Spark or Flink and comfortable in
engineering data pipelines using these technologies on financial datasets.
- Experience with RESTful APIs and server-side APIs integration
- Highly or conceptually familiar with AWS cloud resources (S3, Lambda, API
Gateway, Kinesis, Athena, etc.,)
- Experience in orchestrating CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Helm, and
Terraform.
- Appreciate the importance of excellent documentation and data debugging
skills.
- Excel at taking vague requirements and crystallizing them into scalable data
solutions
- Excited about operating independently, demonstrating perfection, and learning
new technologies and framework
Other common names for this role: Data Engineer, Software Data Engineer, Data
Platform
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.
Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse
and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or
applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual
identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital
status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military
status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.
Please find our UK/EU Applicant Privacy Notice
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reference.
