Senior Manager, Software Engineering – Identity Platform

Build, hire, and lead a high-performing engineering team dedicated to Ripple's Identity Platform. Partner across engineering, product, compliance, and legal to deliver secure, compliant customer onboarding workflows; integrate KYC/KYB vendors; govern a core identity data model; and define a durable technical roadmap for global scale.

Responsibilities

• Hire, develop, and lead a high-performing engineering team dedicated to the Identity Platform
• Define the team's culture, standards, and ways of working from day one
• Partner with Product, Compliance, and other engineering teams to deliver customer onboarding and compliance capabilities
• Integrate with vendors like Persona for KYC/KYB
• Own the orchestration, persistence, and service layers connecting vendors to core systems
• Lead the design and governance of a core identity data model decoupled from legacy systems
• Build identity workflows meeting diverse regulatory requirements across multiple geographies
• Define and implement a technical roadmap balancing near-term delivery with long-term architectural durability
• Champion engineering excellence in design, testing, security, observability, and operational practices

Requirements

• Proven track record as a Senior Engineering Manager or equivalent leading platform or identity-focused teams delivering complex distributed systems
• Domain expertise in identity, KYC/KYB, regtech, or compliance-heavy platforms
• Experience integrating major vendors into platform architectures while maintaining reliability, security, and compliance
• Strength guiding teams through complex system migrations and legacy decoupling
• Ability to align engineering, product, compliance, and legal stakeholders around a coherent technical strategy
• Ability to deliver highly reliable, auditable, and compliant platforms in regulated environments
• Experience building teams and capabilities that scale across geographies and regulatory frameworks

Benefits

• Professional development budget
• Flexible in-office days
• Team offsites, team bonding activities, and happy hours
• Healthcare covering physical and mental health
• Retirement benefits
• Family forming and family support benefits
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend
• R&R days
• Wellness reimbursement and onsite and virtual wellness programming
• Generous vacation policy
• Parental leave and family planning benefits
• Catered lunches and fully stocked kitchens