Solutions Architect

About Rippling Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds. Based in San Francisco, CA, https://www.rippling.com/careers#:~:text=GLOBAL%20EMPLOYEES-,%241.4B%2B,-RAISED%20TO%20DATE from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @http://www.Rippling.com addresses. About the role Rippling is looking for a Post-Sales Solution Architect to support our largest and most strategic customers after they’ve purchased the platform. In this role, you will serve as the technical owner of the customer relationship post-sale, ensuring customers successfully implement by scaling, and evolving their use of Rippling over time. You will work closely with customer stakeholders and internal teams to design system architectures, guide integrations, and ensure customers realize long-term value from the platform. A key part of this role is continuously reinforcing Rippling as the platform of choice—engaging new and existing stakeholders, aligning the platform to evolving business needs, and identifying opportunities to expand Rippling’s footprint within each customer. This is a highly cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of customer success, product, and engineering, and is critical to driving retention, adoption, and expansion within enterprise accounts. What You Will Do Own Technical Strategy for Enterprise Customers Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customer stakeholders across IT, HR, Finance, and EngineeringGuide customers on system architecture, integrations, data flows, and platform best practicesHelp customers plan for scale and future-state use cases Drive Implementation Quality & Platform Adoption Ensure alignment between what was sold and what is implementedSupport complex deployments and configuration decisionsIdentify opportunities to expand usage across workflows, integrations, and custom solutions Lead Technical Engagements Run architecture reviews, workshops, and solution sessionsDiagnose gaps in customer implementations and recommend improvementsTranslate business requirements into clear, scalable technical solutions Evangelize Rippling as the System of Record Continuously position Rippling as the central platform for managing and automating business processesEngage new and evolving stakeholders (e.g., IT, Finance, Engineering leaders) as customer priorities shiftReframe Rippling’s value from point solutions to a broader platform strategyPartner with Account Managers to identify and support expansion opportunities through technical validation and solutioning Partner Cross-Functionally Work closely with Account Management, Implementation, Product, and Engineering teamsProvide actionable product feedback based on customer needsSupport escalations by identifying root causes and driving resolution Drive Long-Term Customer Outcomes Proactively identify risks and opportunities within accountsHelp customers optimize their systems and improve operational efficiencyContribute to retention, expansion, and overall customer success Qualifications Required 5+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture, Sales Engineering, Technical Consulting, or similar rolesExperience working with enterprise SaaS customers, preferably in a post-sales capacityStrong understanding of APIs, integrations, and system designAbility to translate business requirements into technical solutionsExperience influencing stakeholders across technical and business functions Preferred Experience with HRIS, ERP, or similar business systemsFamiliarity with integration platforms (e.g., Workato, Mulesoft)Experience with identity systems (e.g., Okta, Active Directory)Exposure to data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks) Why This Role Matters As Rippling continues to expand upmarket, customers increasingly expect not just software, but ongoing technical partnership and strategic guidance. This role ensures customers not only deploy Rippling successfully, but continue to adopt, expand, and standardize on the platform over time, even as their business and stakeholder landscape evolves. This role partners closely with Strategic Account Managers and Customer Experience teams. You will inherit accounts from Pre-Sales Solution Architects at the point of close and own technical success thereafter. Additional Information Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role. *Commission is not guaranteed Locations: Remote (United States); San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Austin, TX