Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of core platform pillars including ingestion, transformation, governance, and data quality
• Define engineering patterns and reference architectures for Databricks pipelines
• Establish benchmarks for data quality, contracts, lineage, and validation frameworks
• Lead complex, multi-quarter initiatives spanning multiple teams
• Drive the technical direction for applying AI and agentic systems across data engineering workflows
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the standard for code quality and engineering judgment

Requirements

• 10+ years of data engineering experience with a track record of architecting large-scale platforms
• Deep mastery of Databricks (Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and Spark)
• Expert proficiency in SQL and Python for complex data modeling and tooling
• Strong experience operating data systems at scale on AWS
• Proven experience driving AI tooling, LLM integration, or agentic systems into data workflows
• Ability to influence through technical credibility and translate complex tradeoffs

About the Company

Ripple is building a world where value moves like information does today. Through crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity worldwide.