Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Stripe
Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 206,086 - 285,600 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Cross-team leadership","Technical direction","Debugging","Data analysis","Automation"]

Build and operate large-scale systems for Stripe’s financial data, translating complex fintech and compliance needs into robust software. Lead cross-team alignment and technical direction for multi-team initiatives, and design distributed data platforms and pipelines using Big Data technologies. Debug production issues across services and the stack, ensuring reliable high-performance solutions, and improve monitoring, incident handling, SLOs, and automation to reduce operational toil.

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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Job Summary

Build and operate large-scale systems for Stripe’s financial data, translating complex fintech and compliance needs into robust software. Lead cross-team alignment and technical direction for multi-team initiatives, and design distributed data platforms and pipelines using Big Data technologies. Debug production issues across services and the stack, ensuring reliable high-performance solutions, and improve monitoring, incident handling, SLOs, and automation to reduce operational toil.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and operate critical, large-scale systems handling massive volumes of financial information.
  • •Navigate fintech compliance requirements to translate business needs into software requirements and scalable distributed systems.
  • •Lead cross-functional alignment and provide technical direction for multi-team projects.
  • •Develop large-scale financial data platforms, solutions, and pipelines using Big Data technologies and distributed systems.
  • •Debug production issues across the stack and use monitoring/incident handling to maintain data pipeline health and SLOs while automating operational toil.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 206,086 - 285,600 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity401kHealth InsuranceDentalVisionWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree (CS/Info Systems Security or related) plus 5 years of Software Engineering experience.
  • •5 years programming in Java, Scala, or Python.
  • •Experience designing/building scalable distributed systems and debugging production issues across services and the full stack.
  • •Experience with testing tools/frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and TestNG.
  • •4 years developing complex SQL queries and designing large-scale data pipelines, plus fintech domain and Big Data (e.g., Apache Spark).
Experience:FintechBig Data
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems Security, or a related field
Skills:Cross-team leadershipTechnical directionDebuggingData analysisAutomation
Tech Stack:JavaScalaPythonSQLJUnitMockitoTestNGApache Spark

Company Brief

Stripe
Provides payment processing APIs and financial infrastructure for internet businesses. Powers online payments for millions of companies from startups to Fortune 500s.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2010
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