Software Engineer, Operator Tooling

Stripe
Bucharest, Romania
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to engineers with a strong background in backend systems and a track record of building reliable tools for internal teams, working in financial infrastructure and operations domains.

Best fit for

  • Candidates who have experience building tools that streamline workflows and improve user experience
    — “replace spreadsheets, unstructured email chains, and repetitive tasks with tools that make operational work easier to manage and track”
  • Individuals who have demonstrated the ability to integrate diverse systems and adapt to new technologies
    — “Proven ability to integrate different services and processes, including those you haven’t worked with before”

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of responsibility in managing reliability and operability of systems
    — “Own problems from end to end, managing complexity and working directly with stakeholders”
  • Candidates must be prepared to contribute to strategy and vision, not just execute tasks
    — “Contribute to the product roadmap, help shape the team’s vision and strategy”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building internal tools that improve operational efficiency
    — “replace spreadsheets, unstructured email chains, and repetitive tasks with tools”
  • Showcase your ability to work across backend systems and deliver reliable, maintainable code
    — “Comfort working across backend systems, with an understanding of the full software development lifecycle”
  • Emphasize your experience in integrating diverse systems and processes
    — “Proven ability to integrate different services and processes”
  • Demonstrate a clear track record of writing well-documented, thoroughly tested code
    — “Ability to write high-quality, thoroughly tested code with clear documentation”
  • Show your ability to balance competing priorities and understand business impact
    — “Work with stakeholders across Stripe to understand competing needs and balance priorities”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • built and improved platforms for Stripe’s operations teams
  • partnered with internal users to understand workflows and improve experience
Typical background
software engineeringbackend developmentproduct quality assurance

Skills & requirements

Required

Software EngineeringBackend SystemsProduct QualityEngineering MentorshipStakeholder Management

Preferred

Distributed SystemsFull Software Development Lifecycle

Stack & domain

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactRubyJavaPythonGoSoftware Engineering

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

Operator Tooling builds software that helps Stripe’s operations teams spend less time on manual processes and more time on the work that needs their expertise. We replace spreadsheets, unstructured email chains, and repetitive tasks with tools that make operational work easier to manage and track.

What you’ll do

You’ll build and improve the platforms Stripe’s operations teams use to manage their work. Working across backend systems, you’ll turn complex operational needs into reliable tools and integrations, partnering directly with internal users to understand their workflows and improve their experience.

Responsibilities

Own problems from end to end, managing complexity and working directly with stakeholders to understand business impact, reliability, and operability

Contribute to the product roadmap, help shape the team’s vision and strategy, and act as a sounding board for team leadership

Uphold Stripe’s high standards for engineering and product quality

Mentor newer team members and help them develop their engineering skills

Work with stakeholders across Stripe to understand competing needs and balance priorities

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 software engineering experience

Comfort working across backend systems, with an understanding of the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing and deployment

Ability to write high-quality, thoroughly tested code with clear documentation and appropriate production observability, following best practices in engineering, security, and design

Empathy for internal and external users and a commitment to improving their experience

Proven ability to integrate different services and processes, including those you haven’t worked with before

Preferred qualifications

Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Ruby, Java, Python, or Go; we value general engineering skills more than knowledge of a particular language or framework, and languages can be learned on the job

Knowledge of distributed systems patterns and principles

Source: Stripe careers

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