Software Engineer, Online Database Infrastructure

Stripe
Seattle, WA
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for experienced software engineers who design and scale distributed systems, with a background in cloud infrastructure and a focus on developer tools. The role is based in Seattle, US, and offers a hybrid work arrangement with 50% telecommuting permitted.

Best fit for

  • Experienced engineers with deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud platforms like AWS or GCP
    — “Working in a development team in AWS, Azure, OCI or GCP
  • Candidates who have led infrastructure improvements and made data-driven optimization decisions
    — “Identifying shortcomings and optimization opportunities to make data driven cost performance tradeoffs
  • Individuals with a strong background in building infrastructure as a product to meet user needs
    — “Building infrastructure as a product centered around users’ needs

Things to consider

  • The role requires a hybrid work arrangement with 50% telecommuting permitted, which may not suit fully remote candidates.
    — “50 % Telecommuting Permitted.
  • Candidates must have 5 years of experience in each of the listed technical areas, which is a significant threshold.
    — “Must have 5 years of experience in each of the following:

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in scaling distributed systems using open source tools and cloud platforms.
    — “Developing, maintaining and debugging distributed systems built with open source tools
  • Emphasize contributions to infrastructure resiliency and efficiency in past roles.
    — “Innovate, design and implement software solutions that contribute towards improvement in infrastructure resiliency
  • Demonstrate a track record of improving codebases and engineering processes.
    — “Uphold our high engineering standards and improve our codebase and processes
  • Showcase experience building tools that empower developers, not just managing infrastructure.
    — “Building and operating infrastructure and tools that empower developers
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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Skills & requirements

Required

PythonJavaAWS

Stack & domain

RubyGoPythonJava

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

Contribute to team strategy, roadmap, tooling, process, and culture. Scope, design, implement, and deploy robust solutions, making appropriate tradeoffs between reliability, throughput, latency, resiliency, engineering velocity and cost. 

Innovate, design and implement software solutions that contribute towards improvement in infrastructure resiliency, reliability, efficiency and management at scale. 

Uphold our high engineering standards and improve our codebase and processes.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in Software development. 

Must also have 5 years of experience in each of the following:

Developing, maintaining and debugging distributed systems built with open source tools;

Building infrastructure as a product centered around users’ needs;

Scaling distributed systems;

Breaking down large complex systems;

Identifying shortcomings and optimization opportunities to make data driven cost performance tradeoffs to influence design decisions;

Building and operating infrastructure and tools that empower developers;

Working in a development team in AWS, Azure, OCI or GCP; and

Programming languages: Ruby, Go, Python, or Java.

Salary: $206,086.00 - $285,600.00/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. WA56

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Source: Stripe careers

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