Software Engineer

Stripe
Seattle, WA
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior software engineers with full-stack experience who can design and maintain complex distributed systems.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers with full-stack experience and a track record in distributed systems design
    — “Designing, building, and deploying distributed backend services in a production environment
  • Candidates who have experience in translating product requirements into system architectures
    — “Translate product and engineering requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable system designs
  • Individuals with a strong background in real-time data processing and visualization
    — “Developing interactive frontend components, dashboards, or data reports using React and D3.js to visualize customer behavior

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of technical versatility across multiple programming languages and domains
    — “Must have 3 years of experience in each of the following
  • Candidates should be prepared for on-call responsibilities and high-visibility system maintenance
    — “Actively contribute to the team's on-call rotation, effectively debugging, operating, and maintaining high-visibility systems

How to stand out

  • Showcase projects involving real-time data processing and visualization using Kafka, Kinesis, React, or D3.js
    — “Stream processing or event-driven architectures in Kafka, Kinesis, or equivalent
  • Emphasize automated tooling experience for customer experience evaluation or data pipelines
    — “Building automated systems or tooling to instrument, measure, and evaluate the end-to-end customer experience
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • building scalable and reliable backend services
  • writing high-quality, maintainable code
  • taking ownership of technical projects
  • debugging and maintaining high-visibility systems
  • engaging with product teams
Typical background
software engineeringbackend development

Skills & requirements

Required

JavaRubyPythonGoBuilding Scalable Backend ServicesWebhooksPublic-facing ApisStream ProcessingEvent-driven ArchitecturesWorking With Relational DatabasesDesigning Distributed Backend ServicesHandling ConcurrencyFault ToleranceService ReliabilitySchema DesignQuery OptimizationData ModelingTest Automation FrameworksSignal Collection PipelinesQuality Evaluation Workflows

Preferred

ReactD3.js

Stack & domain

JavaRubyPythonGoPostgre SQLMySQLNoSQLKafkaKinesisReactD3.js

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

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. 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.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Build scalable and reliable backend services, webhooks and public-facing APIs;

Write high-quality, maintainable code to reliably process and evaluate data signals in real-time, solving complex problems at scale;

Take ownership of medium-sized technical projects, translating requirements and constraints into reliable, secure, and explainable system architectures;

Actively contribute to the team's on-call rotation, effectively debugging, operating, and maintaining high-visibility systems using established runbooks and best practices;

Engage directly with product teams to understand internal and external user pain points, using those insights to build the right solutions and help inform the team's roadmap.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, plus 3 years of related work experience in Software Engineering. 

In the alternative, the employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, plus 5 years of post-bachelor’s, progressive related work experience in Software Engineering. 

Must also have 3 years of experience in each of the following:

Programming languages including Java, Ruby, Python and Go;

Building scalable and reliable backend services, webhooks and public-facing APIs;

Designing, building, and deploying distributed backend services in a production environment, including handling concurrency, fault tolerance, and service reliability at scale;

Working with relational databases in Postgre SQL, MySQL or NoSQL data stores, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling for high-throughput workloads;

Stream processing or event-driven architectures in Kafka, Kinesis, or equivalent, including producing, consuming, and reliably processing high-volume data streams;

Translate product and engineering requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable system designs, including defining service boundaries, failure modes, and observability strategies;

Building automated systems or tooling to instrument, measure, and evaluate the end-to-end customer experience of digital products, including test automation frameworks, signal collection pipelines, or quality evaluation workflows;

Developing interactive frontend components, dashboards, or data reports using React and D3.js to visualize customer behavior, product metrics, and operational signals in real time.

Salary: $235,090- $285,600/yr

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions / sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

50% Telecommuting Permitted.

Multiple Positions Available. 

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. WA68

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Source: Stripe careers

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