Build, Grow, and Bundle
We (Rippling) have an engine of about half the company in engineering,” says Parker. “First of all, it’s a much higher percentage than most other SaaS businesses. But it’s not a monolithic team. There’s really this loose federation of much more individually focused teams—there’s a team that builds payroll, there’s a team that builds device management, there’s a team that builds insurance and benefits administration. Each of those teams individually have a tremendous amount of focus. It also means you need to hire people differently, so you need people who can run those teams like business units that are both engineering teams and also cross-functional. They include customer support, product management, design, and so on.”
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