Backend / API Engineer, Billing

Stripe
San Francisco; Seattle, US
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Why this role

Pace
Steady
The work environment is fast-paced, with a focus on delivering value through a strong collaborative approach and addressing critical production issues, as highlighted in the responsibilities section.
Collaboration
High
Engineers are expected to collaborate with experts in various fields, including infrastructure, security, design, and operations, to build and maintain mission-critical features, indicating a high level of teamwork.
Autonomy
Medium
The role requires a high level of autonomy, as evidenced by the need for engineers to thrive on a high level of responsibility and think entrepreneurially.
Decision Impact
Team
Decisions made in this role can significantly impact Stripe's billing platform and its customers, as the engineer is responsible for shaping and building a suite of products that model and operate businesses more efficiently.
Role Level
Individual Contributor
The complexity of the role is high, with responsibilities spanning technologies, systems, and processes, and the need to mentor engineers and debug critical production issues.
Career Pivot Friendly
Welcomes transferable skills
Individuals with experience in backend software development and large-scale distributed systems can easily transition into this role, bringing valuable skills and experience to the table.

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • successful deployment of new features
  • improved system reliability
Typical background
2-12+ years of experience in backend software development

Transferable backgrounds

  • Coming from Backend Engineer at a tech startup
    backend software development · large-scale distributed systems
    Experience in backend software development and large-scale distributed systems is directly applicable to the responsibilities of this role.
  • Coming from Software Developer at a financial services company
    financial infrastructure · subscription management
    Knowledge of financial infrastructure and subscription management can be directly applied to the design and implementation of Stripe's billing systems.

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsHigh Quality CodeCollaboration

Preferred

Event-driven ArchitecturesSubscription ManagementUsage-based BillingFinancial Reporting Systems

Stack & domain

Backend Software DevelopmentGoJavaC/c++Event-driven ArchitecturesSubscription ManagementUsage-based BillingFinancial Reporting SystemsCollaborationProblem SolvingLeadershipMentorshipBillingFinancial Infrastructure

About the role

This role involves designing and building scalable backend systems for Stripe's billing platform, requiring a mix of technical expertise and a collaborative mindset to meet the evolving needs of both Stripe and its customers.

Original posting from Stripe

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

The Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA) team at Stripe is building a modern, revenue-focused, financial management platform for fast growing, digital native companies. 

Billing: Hundreds of thousands of businesses of all sizes and types use Stripe Billing to collect revenue for recurring and one-time payments across a variety of different pricing models—from selling SaaS subscriptions, to orchestrating multi-stage contracts, delivering Usage-Based Billing, and providing recovery and retention tools to prevent customer churn.

Note: exact team matching for one of the pods will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found here. 

What you’ll do

As an engineer on the team, you’ll be responsible for shaping and building a suite of products that let our users model and operate their business more efficiently. You will work on projects that span technologies, systems, and processes where you will design, build, test, and ship great code every day. In this cross functional role, you will collaborate with experts in infrastructure, security, design, and operations to build mission critical internal and external features that power Stripe users around the world. 

Responsibilities

Design the next generation of Stripe products, to meet the high growth needs of our company and customers for years to come.

Deliver value through a strong collaborative and users-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

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

2-12+ years of experience in backend software development

Ability to write high quality code (in programming languages like Go, Java, C/C++, etc.)

Hands-on experience contributing to or building large scale distributed systems

Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers’ success

Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial

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 their revenue operations

Direct leadership and mentorship experience

Source: Stripe careers

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