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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Bonuses and commissions are a meaningful part of how people get paid and some of the hardest payments for companies to manage. The rules live in offer letters and compensation plans, the inputs are scattered across employee records and business systems, and teams rely on spreadsheets to figure out who is owed what and when. Payroll often receives the final number without the context behind it.
Rippling has the opportunity to bring that entire process into one connected system. With employee data, organizational changes, performance information, and payroll already on our platform, we can connect the terms of a compensation plan to the work of calculating, approving, and paying it.
We’re looking for a Product Lead to build Variable Compensation around AI agents from the start. Imagine an agent that reads a signed offer letter, identifies a multi-installment sign-on bonus, asks a payroll administrator to approve it, schedules the payments, and monitors any conditional requirements to confirm they’re met before releasing the payments. The same approach can extend to referral and retention bonuses, performance incentives, and increasingly complex sales commissions—taking work off customers’ plates while giving them visibility and control over every payment.
Variable Compensation fills a critical gap in Rippling’s payroll offering and has the potential to become a substantial business of its own. With foundational capabilities entering alpha, you’ll join early enough to shape the product from the ground up – backed by Rippling’s employee data, payroll infrastructure, AI platform, and established distribution.
You will own the vision, strategy, and execution, working with a dedicated engineering team to bring the product to market and scale it. As the business grows, there’s an opportunity to expand your scope and help bring Rippling’s compensation products together into a broader suite.
If you don’t meet every qualification listed, we still encourage you to apply. Skills and experiences can show up in many forms, and we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds.
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 [email protected]
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.