Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Ripple
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 172,000 - 215,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5-8 yearsSkills: ["Code reviews","Mentorship","Technical design","Observability","Judgment"]

Build and run production-grade ETL pipelines for Ripple’s Caspian Data Platform, a centralized lakehouse powering analytics, reporting, and data-driven operations. Own end-to-end data modeling, observability, and technical design across Finance, Payments, Product, and GTM. Raise engineering quality through code reviews and mentorship while integrating AI tooling, and contributing to platform infrastructure using Terraform and Unity Catalog.

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Ripple
Ripple
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Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering

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Job Summary

Build and run production-grade ETL pipelines for Ripple’s Caspian Data Platform, a centralized lakehouse powering analytics, reporting, and data-driven operations. Own end-to-end data modeling, observability, and technical design across Finance, Payments, Product, and GTM. Raise engineering quality through code reviews and mentorship while integrating AI tooling, and contributing to platform infrastructure using Terraform and Unity Catalog.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and operate production ETL pipelines on Databricks using Delta Live Tables and Spark across multiple domains.
  • •Own data modeling across governed layers to provide reliable sources of truth for business metrics.
  • •Drive technical design for cross-team initiatives by writing clear architecture and rollout documents.
  • •Build pipeline observability including failure detection, alerting, retry logic, and operational hygiene.
  • •Integrate AI tooling into data workflows and mentor engineers through code and design reviews.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 172,000 - 215,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kRetirementLearning BudgetParental LeavePaid LeaveRemote WorkMeal Allowance

Key Requirements

  • •5–8 years of hands-on data engineering experience building and maintaining production pipelines and data models.
  • •Deep proficiency with Databricks (Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake) and PySpark or Spark SQL.
  • •Strong SQL skills for complex transformations, incremental materialization, schema evolution, and data quality validation.
  • •Solid AWS experience relevant to building and operating data systems at scale.
  • •Proficiency in Python for data engineering, plus experience with CI/CD (e.g., GitLab) and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform.
Experience:5-8 yearsData engineeringData platformsLakehouseAnalyticsETL
Skills:Code reviewsMentorshipTechnical designObservabilityJudgment
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DatabricksDelta Live TablesSparkMedallion architectureDelta LakePySparkSpark SQLSQLUnity CatalogPythonAWSGitLabTerraformCI/CDETLLLMs

Company Brief

Ripple
Builds blockchain-based payment and liquidity infrastructure for financial institutions and enterprises. Its products support cross-border payments, crypto liquidity, and digital asset settlement.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
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