{"absolute_url":"https://stripe.com/jobs/search?gh_jid=8230952","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":3561837,"location":{"name":"Seattle, WA"},"metadata":null,"id":8230952,"updated_at":"2026-09-25T16:45:09-04:00","requisition_id":"See Opening ID","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Backend","company_name":"Stripe","first_published":"2026-09-24T12:53:45-04:00","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;Building and operating critical, large-scale systems that manage massive volumes of financial information, to fulfill business goals for Stripe and its partners;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Navigate a complex fintech environment with numerous compliance regulations, translating internal and external business needs into robust software requirements and scalable distributed systems;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Lead cross- functional alignment and provide technical direction for multi-team projects;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Build large-scale (petabyte-size) financial data platforms, solutions, and pipelines using Big Data technologies and distributed systems;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;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;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Executing projects related to insights into Stripe’s financial performance across multiple Stripe products;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Work on systems critical to Stripe\u0026#39;s future financial operations, with impact over billions of dollars of payment volume;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Deeply understand the design and architecture of modern payments and financial technology across countries; and\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;Leverage experience with monitoring, incident handling, debugging in production environments to ensure data pipeline health and SLOs, while reducing operational toil via automation.\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\u0026#39;s Degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Security, or a related field, plus five (5) years of related work experience in Software Engineering.\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Must also have experience in each of the following:\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;ul\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;5 years of experience programming in Java, Scala, or Python;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;5 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;5 years of experience debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;5 years of experience with different testing tools and frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and TestNG;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;4 years of experience developing complex SQL queries, analyzing datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;4 years of experience working in fintech domain;\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;4 years of experience leading cross-team projects and building alignment on multi-team technical direction; and\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;li\u0026gt;1 year experience working with Apache Spark or similar modern Big Data technologies.\u0026lt;/li\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;/ul\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026amp;nbsp;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Salary: $206,086.00 - $285,600.00/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;WA80\u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt;\n\u0026lt;h3\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;#LI-DNI\u0026lt;/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/h3\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/8230952/ai_opt_out"}