Software Engineer, Sending

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In the posting’s own words

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. CA47

What it asks for · 6

• Building software solutions in Python, Ruby, Java and Typescript languages;
• Designing, building and working with large user-facing APIs;
• Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;
• Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high availability systems; and
• Designing and implementing secure systems for sensitive data storage.

What the job covers

• Architect, build, and maintain robust APIs, services, and systems across engineering teams using Ruby and Java;
• Act as a domain expert of the payments family of Stripe products, and in particular various payout methods and underlying rails used in US / UK;
• Build and enhance software infrastructure, encompassing the complete development lifecycle from coding to testing, deployment, debugging, and maintenance;
• Design software systems leveraging scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure design outcomes;
• Contribute to core interface design and write code;
• Serve as a role model for how great software should be written;
• Contribute code changes in every layer of the stack, from launching a net new payout method API to making a UI change in the Stripe Dashboard for the Stripe Connect product; Scope and lead technical projects, laying the groundwork for early-stage products to iteratively evolve and scale;
• Engineer payments integration with banking partners to launch new markets, payout methods, and capabilities, while ensuring reliability and scalability;
• Work with engineers across the company to build new features at large-scale;
• Design and implement secure systems for sensitive data storage;
• Work with engineers across the company to understand when existing infrastructure can be leveraged vs. when building a bespoke solution is necessary;
• Evaluate and make informed decisions about technology and architecture choices in developing payment products;

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• software7×
• systems6×
• design5×
• building4×
• products4×
• build3×
• business3×
• engineers3×
• experience3×
• payments3×
• technical3×
• apis2×
• change2×
• code2×
• contribute2×
• data storage2×

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