Principal Software Engineer

3 weeks ago


Romford Greater London, United Kingdom Ripple Labs Full time

Job Description At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. 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. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.
RippleX is dedicated to empowering the builders of tomorrow on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), one of the world’s fastest and most reliable public blockchains. We believe in democratizing the digital economy by providing practical support, empowering a community of developers, and offering the expertise of a visionary technology company.
The XRPL is a decentralized, public blockchain led by a global community of businesses and developers looking to solve problems and create value. Proven reliable over more than a decade of operation and closing over 90 million ledger, the XRPL offers streamlined development, low transaction costs, high performance, and sustainability. We are looking for senior engineering talent to help us maintain this high technical bar, while building innovative solutions to ensure the XRPL can power the growing needs of the global digital economy. You will lead teammates to develop and drive forward innovative architectural solutions to improve the XRP Ledger's utility, performance, reliability, and security.
You will be responsible for defining the corresponding future state system architecture and engineering best practices to support the ledger
You will work across Ripple and the broader XRPL community to understand the needs of XRPL builders, and ensure we have a technical strategy to support them
You will work as a bridge between product and engineering, ensuring that we build where the sum is greater than the parts.
You will define and orchestrate engineering forums that will elevate engineering standards, inspire engineers and enable continuous improvements.
You are hands on and know what it takes to build highly available, scalable, distributed systems and you cherish every opportunity to share your experience and knowledge with the engineering community.
You understand the value of delivering incremental value and engineering fundamentals.
You keep an eye on the industry evolution in the blockchain and crypto world and ensure the XRPL is poised to meet the needs of blockchain developers.
You love mentoring and providing guidance and assistance in the career development of others.
At least 12+ years’ experience in designing and developing complex distributed systems with at least 5+ years of experience contributing to large scale projects as an architect or as a key individual contributor.
Expert-level experience in C++ is required.
consensus algorithms, networking, fault tolerance, observability)
Experience with blockchain technology and protocols, and traditional financial systems and concepts.
Experience crafting or contributing to the multi-year engineering roadmap of open source software.
Have prior experience leading software evaluation and decision making processes.
A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
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.
Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
Mobile phone stipend
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. Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events
Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.



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