Ripple

Director of Engineering, Infrastructure

Ripple · San Francisco, CA, United States

Posted 15 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
15 days
Ripple 's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Ripple 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Ripple
high
84 stale, 2 reposted of 128 open
Hiring momentum
185 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Ripple 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Ripple .

About this role

The Director of Engineering, Infrastructure at Ripple will lead the strategy and management of multi-cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms. This role involves overseeing multiple teams, defining infrastructure roadmaps, ensuring operational excellence, and enhancing developer experience. The director will also focus on cloud spend accountability and mentor team members while collaborating with security and compliance teams to meet regulatory standards.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Ripple as an employer.

What you need

  • 12+ years of hands-on software and infrastructure engineering experience
  • 5+ years leading teams and managing managers
  • Deep, production-grade experience with Kubernetes at scale
  • Experience operating across more than one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Strong background in infrastructure-as-code and declarative operations (Terraform, Helm, GitOps tooling)
  • Track record building highly available, secure distributed systems

Nice to have

  • Experience in FinTech, payments, or crypto infrastructure
  • Familiarity with blockchain node operations
  • Exposure to hardware security modules or high-assurance key management systems

What you get

  • Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
  • Competitive benefits covering physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
  • Employee giving match
  • Mobile phone stipend
  • R&R days for rest and recharge
  • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work options, though there is flexibility in in-office collaboration days
  • Salary range provided, but actual salaries may vary based on experience and qualifications
  • The role involves significant responsibility in managing cloud spend and operational excellence, which may be challenging

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Listed by Ripple on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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