Software Engineer, Metronome Infrastructure

at Stripe

📍 Canada
📍 Toronto, Canada

CAD 135,200-258,000 per year

MIDDLE

✅ Remote ✅ On-site

Tech Stack
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Distributed Systems @ 3 Go @ 3 Java @ 3 Leadership @ 3 Payments Reporting @ 3 Security Software Development @ 3

Details

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. Stripe's mission is to increase the GDP of the internet.

The Revenue and Financial Automation team is building a modern, revenue-focused financial management platform for fast-growing, digital-native companies. Stripe Billing supports recurring and one-time payments across pricing models including SaaS subscriptions, multi-stage contracts, usage-based billing, and recovery and retention tools.

Responsibilities

Design the next generation of Stripe products to meet the high-growth needs of the company and its customers.
Deliver value through a collaborative, user-first approach with stakeholders and customers.
Mentor engineers to help them grow.
Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
Design, build, test, and ship code daily.
Collaborate with experts in infrastructure, security, design, and operations to build business-critical internal and external features.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in backend software development.
Ability to write high-quality code in programming languages such as Go, Java, C, or C++.
Hands-on experience contributing to or building large-scale distributed systems.
Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams and contribute to peers' success.
Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with event-driven architectures.
Experience with subscription management, usage-based billing, or financial reporting systems.
Interest in financial infrastructure and how businesses manage revenue operations.
Direct leadership and mentorship experience.