Backend/API Engineer, Money as a Service

Stripe; United States; Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Medical, dental, and vision

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Stripe is seeking Backend Engineers to scale money movement and balance management at a global scale. You will build ergonomic APIs and extend our funds accessibility platform, collaborating with Infrastructure, Product, and other squads.

Ideal candidates have 2–12+ years of software engineering experience, strong coding skills, and a penchant for autonomy. We value collaboration, cross-team impact, and a generalist approach across technologies.

Qualifications

• 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops).
• Strong coding skills in any programming language.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success.
• Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests.
• Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
• Mentor engineers to help them grow.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues.

Skills

Strong coding skills

Collaboration

Autonomy

Generalist engineer

Entrepreneurial mindset

Tools

gRPC

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

About Stripe

Stripe 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's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About The Team

MaaS sub-organizations include Accounts and Connect, Money Movement and Storage (MMS), Banking as a Service (BaaS), and Crypto.

Money as a Service (MaaS) oversees a diverse portfolio of core Stripe products and platforms. These offerings facilitate the global movement and management of funds for users. The teams that fall under the MaaS umbrella include Accounts and Connect, Money Movement and Storage (MMS), Crypto, and Banking as a Service (BaaS). Together, these teams work to ensure Stripe users have the robust financial infrastructure and tools they need to power their businesses on a global scale.

Exact team matching for one of the subteams begins during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. Find more information on our team matching process here.

What you'll do

We're looking for Backend Engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. You'll play a key role in extending our balance management platform and in building out a new funds accessibility platform that enterprises and SMBs use. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams—from Infrastructure to Product—at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests
• Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Mentor engineers to help them grow
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Requirements

• 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops)
• Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job, so our interview process is language-agnostic)
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
• Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems
• Good understanding and practical knowledge in cloud-based services (e.g., gRPC, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes, cloud services such as AWS, etc.)

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $142,600 - $259,600.

• equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 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.