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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Stripe · Seattle, WA

Spotted 28d ago

Job details

Pay
$206,086 – $285,600 a year
Level
Senior
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 22, 2026

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  • If located in the US, in what city and state do you reside?
  • Do you possess 5 years of experience with programming in Java, Scala, or Python?
  • Do you possess 5 years of experience with designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems?
  • Do you possess 5 years of experience with debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack?
  • Do you possess 5 years of experience with different testing tools and frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and TestNG?
  • Do you possess 4 years of experience with developing complex SQL queries, analyzing datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines?
  • Do you possess 4 years of experience with working in fintech domain?
  • Do you possess 4 years of experience with leading cross-team projects and building alignment on multi-team technical direction?
  • Do you possess 1 year of experience with Apache Spark or similar modern Big Data technologies?
Job description

About this role

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.

Responsibilities

  • Building and operating critical, large-scale systems that manage massive volumes of financial information, to fulfill business goals for Stripe and its partners;
  • Navigate a complex fintech environment with numerous compliance regulations, translating internal and external business needs into robust software requirements and scalable distributed systems;
  • Lead cross- functional alignment and provide technical direction for multi-team projects;
  • Build large-scale (petabyte-size) financial data platforms, solutions, and pipelines using Big Data technologies and distributed systems;
  • Debugging production issues across the stack, analyzing complex datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines using modern Big Data technologies to ensure reliable, high-performance solutions;
  • Executing projects related to insights into Stripe’s financial performance across multiple Stripe products;
  • Work on systems critical to Stripe's future financial operations, with impact over billions of dollars of payment volume;
  • Deeply understand the design and architecture of modern payments and financial technology across countries; and
  • Leverage experience with monitoring, incident handling, debugging in production environments to ensure data pipeline health and SLOs, while reducing operational toil via automation.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Security, or a related field, plus five (5) years of related work experience in Software Engineering.

Must also have experience in each of the following:

  • 5 years of experience programming in Java, Scala, or Python;
  • 5 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems;
  • 5 years of experience debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
  • 5 years of experience with different testing tools and frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and TestNG;
  • 4 years of experience developing complex SQL queries, analyzing datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines;
  • 4 years of experience working in fintech domain;
  • 4 years of experience leading cross-team projects and building alignment on multi-team technical direction; and
  • 1 year experience working with Apache Spark or similar modern Big Data technologies.

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. WA80

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