Software Engineer
Stripe Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Mid-level Software Engineering role at Stripe. Seattle · $156,800–$235,200 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and run highly available backend services that protect sensitive data, while improving the tools engineers use
- Create scalable infrastructure and deploy pipelines for distributed systems, then plan and safely release production changes with engineering teams
- Prepare Amazon Machine Images for EC2 startup, and add monitoring, logs and alerts for those systems
- Take part in production incident on-call, roadmap decisions and prioritization, working with customers and stakeholders
What you bring
- A computer science degree or related credential, plus at least three years in software engineering or a related area
- At least three years using AWS and Azure, one of Go, Python or Java, Linux, and NoSQL databases
- Three or more years developing and troubleshooting distributed systems, managing production incidents, and working with metrics, alarms and dashboards
Who this fits
This role suits a mid-level software engineer with experience operating distributed production systems and participating in on-call. The position is based in Seattle, with half of work time permitted remotely.
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
- 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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