Software Engineer, Intern (Summer or Winter)

Stripe; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 88,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Stripe is seeking an engineering intern in Canada who will contribute to code that powers the global economy. You will work on projects across our stack, collaborating with senior engineers to ship high-quality software.

You’ll gain exposure to payments infrastructure, anomaly detection, fraud controls, and developer tooling while learning from a highly capable team. The program emphasizes learning, mentorship, and hands-on impact, with opportunities to work on real-world systems, participate in

Qualifications

• BS in CS or related field with strong CS fundamentals.
• Experience in Ruby, JavaScript, or Go through projects or coursework.
• Familiar with open source contributions and peer feedback.
• Ability to learn new systems and apply AI tools.
• Strong communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers on production-ready software.
• Write code used in production with measurable impact.
• Participate in design reviews and code reviews.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders and learn quickly.
• Apply latest AI tooling to development.

Skills

Ruby

Java

Javascript

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

About Stripe

Stripe is a technology company focused on improving the conditions for economic growth and prosperity. We build programmable financial infrastructure, rethinking from first principles how financial services should work, to make it easier and cheaper for any business to start and scale. More than 10 million businesses build on Stripe, spanning the economic frontier—from solo founders to established enterprises—united by a practical focus on growth. The most ambitious companies in the world use Stripe as core infrastructure to grow faster. They process trillions of dollars a year on Stripe, equivalent to around 1.6% of global GDP. While economic growth makes everyone better off, open markets also enable greater variety. When any business can easily serve a global customer base, the quality and diversity of products in the world increase, and craft and creativity are unleashed into the smallest niches. Our own growth is wholly contingent on the success of the businesses building on Stripe. We therefore invest back into our technology at an unusual rate. We make upgrades to our products every single day to deliver compounding gains to our customers. We maintain some of the most reliable APIs on the internet. We build entirely new pieces of financial infrastructure to enable new ideas. And our significant advances in risk and fraud infrastructure over many years are making the internet economy safer and more accessible.

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a technology company focused on improving the conditions for economic growth and prosperity. We build programmable financial infrastructure, rethinking from first principles how financial services should work, to make it easier and cheaper for any business to start and scale. More than 10 million businesses build on Stripe, spanning the economic frontier—from solo founders to established enterprises—united by a practical focus on growth. The most ambitious companies in the world use Stripe as core infrastructure to grow faster. They process trillions of dollars a year on Stripe, equivalent to around 1.6% of global GDP. While economic growth makes everyone better off, open markets also enable greater variety. When any business can easily serve a global customer base, the quality and diversity of products in the world increase, and craft and creativity are unleashed into the smallest niches. Our own growth is wholly contingent on the success of the businesses building on Stripe. We therefore invest back into our technology at an unusual rate. We make upgrades to our products every single day to deliver compounding gains to our customers. We maintain some of the most reliable APIs on the internet. We build entirely new pieces of financial infrastructure to enable new ideas. And our significant advances in risk and fraud infrastructure over many years are making the internet economy safer and more accessible.

What you’ll do

As an intern at Stripe you’ll work on projects across our stack that directly impact the way millions of businesses operate. You’ll own problems end to end with the support of your manager and teammates. It’s an opportunity to work alongside some of the most creative and technically rigorous engineers in the industry and learn how to ship high-quality work at scale. By contributing to Stripe’s codebase you’ll work across domains that give you insight into how the global economy works. Recent intern projects include expanding Stripe’s Payments Foundation Model capabilities to improve generalized anomaly detection, building more approachable fraud controls, creating safer payouts, and developing user-facing solutions that prevent costly pricing mistakes and make merchant checkout setup easier. Our internship program is competitive and the expectations are high.

Responsibilities

• Operate as a real member of the team you join; engage in team discussions, decisions, and the technical design process.
• Write software that will be used in production, and has meaningful impact to Stripe’s business and users.
• Give and receive technical feedback through code reviews or design discussions
• Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to proactively seek and incorporate feedback.
• Learn quickly by asking great questions, working with your intern manager and teammates effectively, communicating the status of your work clearly, and building with the latest AI tooling.

Minimum Requirements

• A strong fundamental understanding of computer science through pursuit of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, math, or a related discipline.
• Experience and familiarity with programming, either through side projects or classwork. We work mostly in Ruby, Java, Javascript, Go, and Scala. We believe new programming languages can be learned if the fundamentals and general knowledge are present.
• Experience from previous internships or other multi-person projects, including open source contributions, that demonstrate evaluating and receiving feedback from mentors, peers, and stakeholders.
• Ability to learn unfamiliar systems and form an understanding of those systems, through independent research and working with a mentor or subject matter experts.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate development while applying rigorous critical thinking and professional judgement to review, refine, and validate all outputs.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 1 year of university education, or equivalent work experience.
• One or more areas of specialized knowledge (frontend, backend, infrastructure or other technologies) balanced with general skills and knowledge.
• Experience writing high quality pull requests, with good test coverage, and working knowledge to complete projects with minimal defects.
• Familiarity with navigating and managing your work in new code bases, with multiple languages.
• Clear written communication skills, with the ability to write clearly to explain your work to stakeholders, team members, and other Stripes.

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is CA$97,500 - CA$97,500. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process. Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.