Open Role — VP of Engineering, Payments | Ripple

Ripple

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
CA
Salary
$325,000–$375,000 / yr
Posted
44 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $350k
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This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $161,250–$232,850 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $350k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

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About Ripple

Ripple Labs is a blockchain and cryptocurrency company that develops the XRP Ledger and provides cross-border payment solutions to financial institutions, enabling faster and cheaper international money transfers. Industry: Blockchain Technology & Cross-Border Payments

Ripple currently has 39 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $169,000–$205,000 across 26 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Open Role — VP of Engineering, Payments | Ripple

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As VP of Engineering for Payments at Ripple, you will lead a growing team of approximately 75 engineers responsible for the technical execution and long-term evolution of Ripple’s global payments platform. Your daily responsibilities include owning end-to-end engineering for cross-border flows, FX, liquidity management, and settlement, while scaling teams across core payments and integrated platforms. You will drive architectural clarity to ensure high availability and operational excellence in regulated payment systems, integrate acquired technologies into a cohesive architecture, and partner with Product to shape the roadmap and customer outcomes. The role requires deep expertise in large-scale payments systems, strong leadership skills for senior engineering organizations, and business-minded thinking to leverage stablecoins and decentralized exchanges while maintaining enterprise-grade compliance.

Skills

Python Java Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL Redis GraphQL RESTful APIs Microservices MESOS Zuul Hystrix Prometheus Grafana Kafka RabbitMQ OAuth2.0

What you'll do

  • Own and drive the technical execution for Ripple’s global payments platform.
  • Lead integration of acquired technologies into a cohesive, modern payments architecture.
  • Ensure high availability and operational excellence in regulated payment systems.
  • Partner with Product to shape roadmaps and customer outcomes for payments offerings.
  • Evolve Ripple’s payments stack to leverage stablecoins and decentralized exchanges.
  • Build and coach senior engineering leaders within the payments organization.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience in building and operating large-scale payments systems, including cross-border flows.
  • Proven leadership in senior engineering roles with responsibility for production systems and business outcomes.
  • Strong architectural judgment in designing distributed services and platform solutions.
  • Expertise in regulated financial systems, including reconciliation and operational risk management.
  • Ability to integrate acquired technologies into a cohesive, modern payments architecture.
  • Business acumen and deep partnership skills with Product, Compliance, and Commercial teams.
  • Curiosity and experience with blockchain, stablecoins, and decentralized liquidity innovations.

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