Backend Engineer, Payments Experiences

Stripe
N/A, US

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level backend engineers with experience in payments technology and working across geographies, particularly in LATAM and North America.

Best fit for

  • Engineers with experience in payments technology and regional market expertise.
    — “Previous experiences working in payments and on payments technology
  • Candidates comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners.
    — “Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, partnerships, eng platforms
  • Developers who prioritize user experience and scalable solutions.
    — “Build extensible, leveraged software solutions that scale to different kinds of user needs

Things to consider

  • Role requires engagement with external partners and users directly.
    — “Engage and interact with external partners to determine and build technical solutions
  • Position is based in Sao Paulo with collaboration across global teams.
    — “This is a Sao Paulo-based team, with platform teams in the US and Europe

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of building scalable backend services for payments.
    — “Build back-end services and integrations across solutions across Stripe’s payments product
  • Demonstrate experience with regional payment methods and market idiosyncrasies.
    — “manage local market idiosyncrasies, become regional experts
  • Showcase collaboration with non-tech functions to expand product reach.
    — “partner with many non-tech functions at Stripe to expand our global reach
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid Level

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What success looks like

  • build and maintain new payment methods for Stripe
  • manage local market idiosyncrasies
  • partner with non-tech functions at Stripe
Typical background
3+ years of backend engineering experienceexperience building extensible, leveraged software solutions

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend EngineeringIntegration ExperiencesDeveloper ExperienceExtensible Software SolutionsVerbal And Written English

Preferred

Payments TechnologyStripe Products

Stack & domain

Backend EngineeringPayments

About the role

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 Global Payments Experiences group is an organization focused on bringing new and novel payment methods to Stripe, and ensuring Stripe’s systems work well for merchants globally. This team works with internal and external partners to expand regional, non-card payment options, and to expand the use of Stripe’s payments processing globally.

What you’ll do

This is a Sao Paulo-based team, with platform teams in the US and Europe and sister teams worldwide. This team in particular will build and maintain new payment methods for Stripe, with a focus on LATAM and North America. They will manage local market idiosyncrasies, become regional experts that other Stripe teams will rely on, and partner with many non-tech functions at Stripe to expand our global reach and product portfolio. 

Responsibilities

Design and reason about integration experiences with a strong focus on end-user simplicity and developer experience

Build back-end services and integrations across solutions across Stripe’s payments product

Engage and interact with external partners to determine and build technical solutions

Engage directly with users to understand their business needs and translate requirements into concrete solutions

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, partnerships, eng platforms, and other engineering teams to deliver these solutions

Contribute to software platforms used across payments at Stripe

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

3+ years of backend engineering experience

Strong command of verbal and written English language

Experience working across geographies

Experience building extensible, leveraged software solutions that scale to different kinds of user needs, with the ability to empathize with users and advocate for exceptional user experiences

Preferred qualifications

Previous experiences working in payments and on payments technology

Previous experience using Stripe products

Source: Stripe careers

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