Vice President of Engineering

Ripple

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$325,000–$375,000 / yr
Posted
134 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $221k
This role $350k
$144k most similar roles pay here $400k

This role pays more than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $172,263–$269,603 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $350k versus about $221k 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 11 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $168,000–$200,000 across 9 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Vice President of Engineering

As Vice President of Engineering, Fiat Infrastructure, you will lead the engineering platform responsible for moving money across fiat rails for all Ripple products. You will own the full fiat infrastructure domain, including the control plane, execution plane, and network layer, while defining reusable interfaces for product teams. Your daily responsibilities involve maintaining high operational standards for corridor health and prefunding visibility, building an AI-native engineering organization using agentic development practices, and expanding the fiat network through banking partnerships and licensing strategies. The role requires deep expertise in payment rail mechanics such as ACH, SWIFT, Faster Payments, and SEPA. You will solve complex problems regarding stablecoin funding, settlement obligations, and payout execution by building a unified platform that integrates fiat, markets, and crypto into a shared financial state for institutional-grade reliability across global corridors.

What you'll do

  • Own the full fiat infrastructure domain including control plane, execution plane, and network layer.
  • Define clean, reusable interfaces for all product teams to build against.
  • Maintain operational standards for real-time corridor health, prefunding visibility, and proactive problem detection.
  • Build an AI-native engineering organization using agentic development practices to scale the payout network.
  • Expand Ripple's fiat network by structuring banking partnerships and deploying global licensing portfolios.
  • Collaborate with Legal and Compliance teams to influence global licensing strategies and navigate regulatory frameworks.
  • Act as a shared platform owner for Payments, Custody, Stablecoin, and Markets divisions.

What we're looking for

  • Deep experience operating fiat payment infrastructure across multiple corridors and jurisdictions.
  • Strong understanding of payment rail mechanics including ACH, SWIFT, Faster Payments, SEPA, and regional equivalents.
  • Proven experience building unified, shared core infrastructure platforms used by multiple internal engineering teams.
  • Experience operating live financial networks with a focus on partner quality and operational reliability.
  • Ability to engage credibly with banking partners, regulators, and commercial counterparties.
  • Track record of building trust across engineering, product, operations, and external parties.
  • Ability to translate technical architecture into business consequences and vice versa.
  • Capability to lead an AI-native operation using agentic development practices.

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