Tech Stack
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
API
AWS @ 3
Communication @ 6
Docker @ 3
GraphQL @ 3
Kubernetes @ 3
Payments
gRPC @ 3
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Note: if you are an intern, new grad, staff, front-end, or full-stack applicant, please do not apply using this link and visit our jobs page for those specific postings.
Who We Are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the Team
Money as a Service (MaaS) sub-organizations include Accounts and Connect, Money Movement and Storage (MMS), Banking as a Service (BaaS), and Crypto.
Money as a Service oversees a diverse portfolio of core Stripe products and platforms. These offerings facilitate the global movement and management of funds for users. Together, the MaaS teams work to ensure Stripe users have the robust financial infrastructure and tools they need to power their businesses on a global scale.
Exact team matching for one of the subteams begins during the final stages. You may also be considered for different organizations based on your experience, location, and other factors.
Responsibilities
- Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests.
- Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
- Mentor engineers to help them grow.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large scale while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
- Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience, excluding internships and co-ops.
- Strong coding skills in any programming language. The interview process is language-agnostic, and new languages can be learned on the job.
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success.
- Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset.
- Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight internal and external users.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems.
- Good understanding and practical knowledge of cloud-based services, such as gRPC, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud services such as AWS.
Role Context
The role focuses on managing money at a global scale, building ergonomic APIs, extending the balance management platform, and building a new funds accessibility platform for enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses. The team collaborates with cross-functional teams, including Infrastructure and Product, to deliver solutions for evolving user needs.