Y Combinator 
a16z 
Sequoia 
Union Square Ventures 
Lightspeed 
Founders Fund Software Engineer
Summary
Designs, builds, and operates Stripe's critical tier-0 backend services and cloud infrastructure — improving developer tooling, hardening EC2 AMIs, participating in on-call, and running decentralized distributed systems. Core stack includes AWS/Azure, Go/Python/Java, Linux, monitoring, and NoSQL databases.
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
- Design, build, and operate critical tier-0 backend services that must achieve 99.99%+ availability and handle security-sensitive data.
- Responsible for improving developer tooling.
- Design and implement robust, scalable infrastructure, participate in an on-call rotation, and collaborate with engineering teams across the company to plan and safely execute changes in production.
- Set up and operate infrastructure that participates in decentralized distributed systems, including creating deploy pipelines for artifacts.
- Build and harden custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) used to bootstrap EC2 instances, and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for these systems.
- Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization.
- Deliver value through a strong collaborative approach with multiple customers and stakeholders across Stripe.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a related field, plus three (3) years of software engineering or related experience.
Must have three (3) years of experience in each of the following:
- Cloud technologies, including AWS and Azure;
- Go, Python or Java;
- Developing, maintaining and debugging distributed systems;
- Linux OS;
- Metrics, alarms and dashboards;
- NoSQL databases; and
- Handling critical incidents for production systems.
Salary: $156,800 - $235,200/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. WA61
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Basics
First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter, Location
Short answers (3)
- Who is your current or previous employer?
- What is your current or previous job title?
- If located in the US, in what city and state do you reside?
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- Please select the country where you currently reside.
- Are you currently authorized to work in the US?
- Will you require Stripe to sponsor you for a US work permit now or in the future?
- If this role offers the option to work from a remote location, do you plan to work remotely?
- Have you ever been employed by Stripe or a Stripe affiliate?
- Do you opt-in to receive WhatsApp messages from Stripe Recruiting?
- Do you possess 3 years of experience in Cloud technologies, including AWS and Azure?
- Do you possess 3 years of experience in Go, Python or Java?
- Do you possess 3 years of experience in Developing, maintaining and debugging distributed systems?
- Do you possess 3 years of experience in Linux OS?
- Do you possess 3 years of experience in Metrics, alarms and dashboards
- Do you possess 3 years of experience in NoSQL databases?
- Do you possess 3 years of experience in Handling critical incidents for production systems?