Staff Cloud Architect

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. GTreasury, now a Ripple solution, was acquired by Ripple in 2025, marking a significant expansion into the multi-trillion-dollar corporate finance arena. GTreasury has more than 40 years of experience supporting some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated companies. Integrating its treasury command center into Ripple’s technology stack gives corporates the ability to move, manage and optimize liquidity in real-time, across traditional and digital assets, under one expanded umbrella. Join us to build the future of corporate treasury and the infrastructure that powers the Internet of Value. We are seeking an innovative and forward-thinking Staff Software Engineer passionate about building a world-class platform through a world-class team. Creating technical software excellence and spearheading application development in design, implementation, and maintenance to make great things happen. What you'll do: • Build, scale and maintain infrastructure of the enterprise reconciliation application that brings the world class user experience to finance professionals • Work with wider technical teams on the design, deployment and continuous improvement of infrastructure of our products • Be a technical domain leader, provide technical guidance to your team and own the delivery of features. • Participate in raising our standard of engineering excellence by implementing standard methodologies for architecture, coding, testing, and deployment What you'll bring: • 8+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale distributed infrastructure, with 4+ years serving as a technical lead and mentoring engineers. • Minimum 5+ years experience with AWS & Kubernetes • Deep expertise in Linux and Windows server environments, with strong experience building and maintaining cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure. • Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible, and scripting languages including Bash, Python, and PowerShell. • Experience with data infrastructure and processing technologies such as Spark and MSSQL. Experience building the systems that power high-volume transactional workloads, ideally in finance space. Cybersecurity experience is a plus. • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes. • A track record of building infrastructure that scales, stays available, and remains secure, using Agile practices to ship reliably. • You work openly and collaboratively with diverse teams, and you're energized by driving engineering excellence through better standards, processes, and shared knowledge. • BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. WHO WE ARE: Do Your Best Work • The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning. • Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team. • In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in. • Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team • We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more! Take Control of Your Finances • Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity • Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support • Employee giving match • Mobile phone stipend Take Care of Yourself • R&R days so you can rest and recharge • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming • Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it • Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits. • Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events Benefits listed above are for full-time employees. Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. 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