Ripple
Senior Software Engineer, Payments
San Francisco, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$21,149 more — $193,149 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,149 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- It's big, it's bold, and we're already doing it.
- And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.
- THE WORK: Are you a highly skilled and passionate software engineer looking for an exciting new challenge?
Responsibilities
- Experience building highly scalable and performant enterprise software
- Deep, hands-on backend engineering experience building and operating modern, cloud-native, and highly-available distributed systems.
- Strong skills in API design and integration (e.g., REST and/or gRPC), with a focus on defining clear, reusable service contracts.
- Strong technical ownership skills: demonstrated ability to own the technical delivery for complex features and influence local, cross-team decisions.
- We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
Requirements
- Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.), essential for building a decoupled and resilient platform.
- Experience with our current stack: Java + Spring Boot.
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS).
Skills
- Preferred (But Not Required)
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- For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below.
- This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.
- CA Annual Base Salary Range
- $172,000 - $215,000 USD
Compensation
- For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below.
- CA Annual Base Salary Range
- $172,000 - $215,000 USD
Benefits
- 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.
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Mobile phone stipend
- Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
- Industry-leading parental leave policies.
- Family planning benefits.
- Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
Company info
- Do Your Best Work
- 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 benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Take Care of Yourself
- R&R days so you can rest and recharge
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- plicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, militar
This listing is sourced directly from Ripple's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.