Software Engineer, Backend

at Stripe

USD 206,100-285,600 per year

SENIOR

✅ Hybrid

Tech Stack
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Details

Who We Are

About Stripe

Stripe, LLC. 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. Stripe’s mission is to increase the GDP of the internet.

Responsibilities

Develop scalable computer systems that manage large volumes of information and fulfill business goals for the company and its partners.
Improve backend scalability and performance by integrating lightweight backend frameworks, overhauling APIs, and optimizing database systems.
Design and build tools that ingest and process signals from various sources, making them more accessible to partner teams.
Design and implement logging and data visualization systems for backend APIs.
Diagnose and resolve software issues reported from production, automated testing, QA testing, and customers.
Design and implement scalable and reliable automated testing suites to reduce manual quality assurance tasks.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and streamline software development and deployment processes using Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.

Requirements

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Six years of software development experience.
Four years of experience building software solutions in Java, C++, Python, or Ruby.
Four years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems.
Four years of experience translating business needs into software requirements and designs.
Four years of experience debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
Four years of experience with distributed systems.
Four years of experience designing and implementing scalable, high-performance RESTful microservices.

Compensation

Salary: $206,086–$285,600 per year.
40 hours per week.
50% telecommuting permitted.
Multiple positions available.

Benefits

Additional benefits may include equity, company bonuses or sales commissions/bonuses, a 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and wellness stipends.