Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Stripe · Seattle, WA · Global Operations · listed September 24, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
1–5 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$206,086 – $285,600
Requirements listed
8
Length
466 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. WA80
What it asks for · 8
- 5 years of experience programming in Java, Scala, or Python;
- 5 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems;
- 5 years of experience debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
- 5 years of experience with different testing tools and frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and TestNG;
- 4 years of experience developing complex SQL queries, analyzing datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines;
- 4 years of experience working in fintech domain;
- 4 years of experience leading cross-team projects and building alignment on multi-team technical direction; and
- 1 year experience working with Apache Spark or similar modern Big Data technologies.
What the job covers
- Building and operating critical, large-scale systems that manage massive volumes of financial information, to fulfill business goals for Stripe and its partners;
- Navigate a complex fintech environment with numerous compliance regulations, translating internal and external business needs into robust software requirements and scalable distributed systems;
- Lead cross- functional alignment and provide technical direction for multi-team projects;
- Build large-scale (petabyte-size) financial data platforms, solutions, and pipelines using Big Data technologies and distributed systems;
- Debugging production issues across the stack, analyzing complex datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines using modern Big Data technologies to ensure reliable, high-performance solutions;
- Executing projects related to insights into Stripe’s financial performance across multiple Stripe products;
- Work on systems critical to Stripe's future financial operations, with impact over billions of dollars of payment volume;
- Deeply understand the design and architecture of modern payments and financial technology across countries; and
- Leverage experience with monitoring, incident handling, debugging in production environments to ensure data pipeline health and SLOs, while reducing operational toil via automation.
Tools and skills named
Data
- Data pipelines3×
- Spark2×
Languages
- Java
- Python
- Scala
- SQL
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems3×
Security & compliance
- Security
Ways of working
- Testing
Words the posting leans on
- experience11×
- data7×
- systems6×
- financial5×
- large-scale4×
- pipelines4×
- big data3×
- building3×
- complex3×
- data technologies3×
- debugging production3×
- distributed systems3×
- projects3×
- related3×
- alignment2×
- analyzing2×
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