Software Engineer, Backend
Stripe Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Mid-level Backend Engineering role at Stripe. Seattle · $206,086–$285,600 base.
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What you'll do
- Build backend systems that handle substantial information volumes and support company and partner goals
- Improve backend speed and capacity through framework integration, API redesign and database tuning
- Create tools that collect signals from different sources and make them useful to partner teams
- Add logging and data visualization for backend APIs, and investigate issues found in production, testing or by customers
- Build reliable automated test suites and help streamline software delivery through CI/CD pipelines
What you bring
- A master's degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field, or a foreign equivalent
- At least six years of software development experience
- At least four years with Java, C++, Python or Ruby, plus scalable systems and distributed systems
- Four years translating business needs into software designs, debugging production issues, and building high-performance REST microservices
Who this fits
This mid-level backend role suits someone with substantial software development experience and a graduate degree in a related field. The position is based in Seattle, with fifty percent telecommuting permitted.
From the employer
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
- Develop scalable computer systems that manage a large volume of information and use them to fulfill business goals for the company and its partners.
- Improve backend scalability and performance by integrating lightweight backend framework, overhauling APIs and optimizing database systems.
- Design and build tools that ingest and process signals from various sources to make them more accessible for the company’s partner teams.
- Design and implement logging and data visualization system for backend APIs.
- Diagnose and resolve software issues reported from production, automated testing, QA testing and customers.
- Design and implement scalable and reliable automated testing suites to reduce manual Quality Assurance tasks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and streamlined software development and deployment processes with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Must have a Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus six (6) years of software development experience.
Must also have four (4) years of experience in each of the following:
- Building software solutions in Java, C++, Python, or Ruby;
- Designing, building and maintaining scalable systems;
- Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;
- Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
- Distributed systems; and
- Design and implementation of scalable high-performance RESTful microservices.
Salary: $206,086 - $285,600/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. WA58
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