Backend Engineer, Billing/Tax

Stripe · N/A · 8412 Billing Products · listed September 2, 2025

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The shape of it

Seniority
Mid level
Experience asked
2–12 years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
5
Length
524 words

In the posting’s own words

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What it asks for · 5

  • 2-12+ years of experience in backend software development
  • Ability to write high quality code (in programming languages like Go, Java, C/C++, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience contributing to or building large scale distributed systems
  • Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers’ success
  • Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial

Also a plus

  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures
  • Experience with subscription management, usage-based billing, or financial reporting systems
  • Interest in financial infrastructure and how businesses manage their revenue operations
  • Direct leadership and mentorship experience

What the job covers

  • Design the next generation of Stripe products, to meet the high growth needs of our company and customers for years to come.
  • Deliver value through a strong collaborative and users-first approach with stakeholders and customers.
  • Mentor engineers to help them grow
  • Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack

Tools and skills named

Languages
  • C++
  • Go
  • Java
Ways of working
  • Cross-functional
  • Mentorship
Cloud & infra
  • Distributed systems
Go to market
  • SaaS
Security & compliance
  • Security

Words the posting leans on

  • billing5×
  • experience5×
  • financial4×
  • requirements4×
  • building3×
  • customers3×
  • design3×
  • meet3×
  • revenue3×
  • systems3×
  • build2×
  • businesses2×
  • code2×
  • critical2×
  • different2×
  • engineer2×

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