Software Engineer
Stripe · Seattle, WA · Global Operations · listed September 2, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Mid level
Experience asked
3–5 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$235,090 – $285,600
Requirements listed
8
Length
478 words
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. WA68
What it asks for · 8
- Programming languages including Java, Ruby, Python and Go;
- Building scalable and reliable backend services, webhooks and public-facing APIs;
- Designing, building, and deploying distributed backend services in a production environment, including handling concurrency, fault tolerance, and service reliability at scale;
- Working with relational databases in Postgre SQL, MySQL or NoSQL data stores, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling for high-throughput workloads;
- Stream processing or event-driven architectures in Kafka, Kinesis, or equivalent, including producing, consuming, and reliably processing high-volume data streams;
- Translate product and engineering requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable system designs, including defining service boundaries, failure modes, and observability strategies;
- Building automated systems or tooling to instrument, measure, and evaluate the end-to-end customer experience of digital products, including test automation frameworks, signal collection pipelines, or quality evaluation workflows;
- Developing interactive frontend components, dashboards, or data reports using React and D3.js to visualize customer behavior, product metrics, and operational signals in real time.
What the job covers
- Build scalable and reliable backend services, webhooks and public-facing APIs;
- Write high-quality, maintainable code to reliably process and evaluate data signals in real-time, solving complex problems at scale;
- Take ownership of medium-sized technical projects, translating requirements and constraints into reliable, secure, and explainable system architectures;
- Actively contribute to the team's on-call rotation, effectively debugging, operating, and maintaining high-visibility systems using established runbooks and best practices;
- Engage directly with product teams to understand internal and external user pain points, using those insights to build the right solutions and help inform the team's roadmap.
Tools and skills named
Languages
- Go
- Java
- JavaScript
- Python
- Ruby
- SQL
Cloud & infra
- Kafka
- Observability
Data
- Data modeling
- MySQL
Frameworks
- React
Product & design
- Roadmap
Ways of working
- On-call
Words the posting leans on
- data5×
- experience4×
- product4×
- related4×
- software engineering4×
- system4×
- backend services3×
- building3×
- requirements3×
- scalable3×
- signals3×
- architectures2×
- benefits2×
- build2×
- computer science2×
- customer2×
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