{"absolute_url":"https://stripe.com/jobs/search?gh_jid=8197135","data_compliance":[{"type":"gdpr","requires_consent":false,"requires_processing_consent":false,"requires_retention_consent":false,"retention_period":null,"demographic_data_consent_applies":false}],"education":"education_required","internal_job_id":3547535,"location":{"name":"Seattle, WA"},"metadata":null,"id":8197135,"updated_at":"2026-09-25T16:45:05-04:00","requisition_id":"See Opening ID","title":"Software Engineer, High Availability and Disaster Recovery","company_name":"Stripe","first_published":"2026-09-14T17:21:04-04:00","language":"en","application_deadline":null,"content":"\u0026lt;h2\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Who we are \u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/h2\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;h3\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;About Stripe\u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/h3\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;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\u0026#39;s reach while doing the most important work of your career.\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;h2\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;What you’ll do\u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/h2\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;h3\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Responsibilities\u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/h3\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;ul\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Develop global architecture by combining less-available components and data centers into a highly available and resilient whole.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Work on latency-critical, time-sensitive and data redundancy solutions.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Solve broad range of problems, including investigating Mongo write concerns, minimizing cross-region TLS handshakes, and develop new systems to automate disaster detection and failovers.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Enable the company to increase the GDP of the internet by providing uptime and data protection.\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Write code, scope, design, implement, and deploy solutions using multiple technologies, including: Ruby, Java, Mongo, Postgres, and other necessary tools as required.\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Investigate issues in live, distributed production systems.\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Collaborate across the company to provide an understanding of multi-region architectures, high durability implementation patterns, and best practices.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Learn, meet, and uphold high engineering standards through design and code review.\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;/ul\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;h2\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Who you are\u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/h2\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;h3\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Minimum requirements\u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/h3\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Must have a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, or a related field, plus five (5) years of post-bachelor’s progressive software development work experience. In the alternative, the employer is willing to accept a Master’s Degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, or a related field, plus three (3) years of software development work experience.\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Must also have three (3) years of experience in each of the following:\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;ul\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Go, Ruby, or Java programming languages;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Database internals including data movement, leader election, and quorums;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Cloud infrastructure services, including: S3, EBS, EC2, and VPCs, to deploy scalable applications;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Designing and building Temporal workflows;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Using Trino SQL for data analysis and visualization; and\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Designing fault-tolerant systems using data sharding and replication strategies.\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;/ul\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Salary: $206,086 - $285,600/yr.\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;40 hrs/week\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;50% Telecommuting permitted.\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Multiple Positions Available.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt; WA70 \u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;span style=\u0026quot;font-size: 8pt;\u0026quot;\u0026gt;\u0026lt;em\u0026gt;#LI-DNI\u0026lt;/em\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/span\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;","departments":[{"id":365162,"name":"Global Operations","child_ids":[],"parent_id":349230}],"offices":[{"id":344486,"name":"US-PERM","location":null,"child_ids":[],"parent_id":65234}],"ai_disclaimer":null,"include_ai_disclaimer":false,"ai_opt_out_request_url":"http://app.greenhouse.io/ai_opt_out_request/job_post/8197135/ai_opt_out"}