Bengaluru: Rippling has appointed Sonia Parandekar as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Head of its Bengaluru site, marking a significant step in strengthening its global product expansion strategy.
The appointment of Sonia Parandekar comes as the company continues to scale its unified platform across HR, IT, and finance.
With Sonia Parandekar taking on this leadership role, Rippling aims to accelerate product development while reinforcing Bengaluru’s position as a key innovation hub.
The company, currently valued at $16.8 billion, is investing heavily in engineering leadership to support its growing global footprint, with Sonia Parandekar expected to play a central role in this expansion.
Rippling’s Bengaluru office has emerged as its largest engineering hub outside San Francisco, contributing significantly to product innovation and development.
Sonia Parandekar will lead engineering efforts at this critical center, helping scale both product capabilities and infrastructure globally.
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Prior to joining Rippling, Sonia Parandekar held leadership roles at Microsoft, Groupon, and Urban Ladder.
She also joined Atlassian as its first R&D hire in Bengaluru, where she successfully scaled Commerce and Marketplace platforms to billions in revenue, demonstrating her ability to drive complex engineering initiatives.
Rippling has been rapidly expanding its India operations, with Sonia Parandekar’s appointment aligning with its long-term growth plans.
The company recently surpassed 1,000 employees in India and inaugurated a second 100,000 square foot office at Embassy Tech Village.
This facility houses engineering, product, sales, and customer support teams, further strengthening the company’s presence in the region.
Since entering India in 2017, Rippling has hired more than 20 former founders and entrepreneurs, enhancing its leadership depth.
With Sonia Parandekar now leading engineering, the company plans to double its India workforce to 2,000 employees over the next three years, underlining the strategic importance of the Bengaluru hub.
“Sonia has a track record of advancing complex systems and building exceptional teams,” said Albert Strasheim, Chief Technology Officer at Rippling.
“As we continue to expand the platform, we need leaders who can operate with both speed and precision. Sonia brings exactly that.”
“Sonia Parandekar’s leadership comes at a time when Rippling is building one of the most ambitious platforms in enterprise software,” said Parandekar.
“The opportunity to contribute to both the product and the engineering organization globally — and to do it from Bengaluru, a city I know well — is incredibly compelling.”
Rippling provides businesses with a unified platform to manage HR, payroll, IT, and spend globally. By integrating systems such as payroll, expenses, benefits, and device management, the company enables organizations to automate and manage the entire employee lifecycle within a single platform.
Headquartered in San Francisco, Rippling has raised $1.8 billion from leading investors including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, and Bedrock.
