Backend Engineer, Financial Connections

Stripe; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Company bonus or sales commissions/bon

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe is seeking Backend Engineers to design, build, and maintain scalable bank integration infrastructure from Seattle. You’ll work across the stack to enable connections with banking partners and support new countries and product use cases.

You will join the Financial Connections team building secure access to banking data, with impact on consumer and merchant experiences. This role requires strong coding skills, ownership, and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems.
• Experience building scalable backend services and APIs.
• Ability to own projects end-to-end with minimal guidance.
• Strong collaboration across product, design, and data teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable bank integration infrastructure.
• Collaborate with partners to enable connectivity for new countries and product use cases.
• Ensure reliable access to banking data and monitor system health.
• Balance short-term needs with long-term roadmaps while preserving quality.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to leadership growth.

Skills

Backend engineering

Large-scale systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Autonomy and ownership

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 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

AI and stablecoins have brought upon a renaissance of innovation in the internet economy. Products like the Link AI Wallet and stablecoin cross border payments are signs of a rapid transformation in the way people pay. Underpinning this new technology is access to the same network of banks and financial institutions that consumers and businesses have relied on for decades. Now more than ever, bank accounts need to transform into powerful tools to unlock this new age of commerce. The Financial Connections team is building the connective tissue between banks and the internet economy. We’re building a platform to make ergonomic, portable access to banking data seamlessly and securely available to businesses around the world. Today, we power consumer experiences like Link Instant Bank Payments and merchant experiences like Stripe Capital. We’re on a mission to help consumers do more with their bank accounts, and we’d love for you to be a part of our story.

What you’ll do

We’re looking for Backend Engineers to design, build, and maintain scalable bank integration infrastructure. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work across the stack, creating intelligent systems that adapt to the availability of our banking partners and enable connectivity for new countries and product use cases. Our work is often cross-cutting; you’ll play a key role in our partnerships with banks and financial institutions while delivering a next-generation connectivity platform to provide great user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Scope and lead large technical projects, translating business goals into clear technical requirements and executing effectively.
• Align our tech stack with Stripe’s broad strategic initiatives, while also advocating for the needs of the emerging new businesses.
• Work with engineers across the company to deliver comprehensive and reliable access to trustworthy banking data.
• Balance the tradeoffs between short-term requirements and long-term roadmaps. Make decisions that consider business priorities, user experience, and sustainable technical foundations.
• Mentor and collaborate with other engineers and managers to grow the next generation of leaders at Stripe.

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

• Strong technical background, including 3+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems
• Comfortable working on a new product under fluid conditions, seamlessly balancing tactical and strategic considerations
• Track record of leading and shipping complex cross-team projects end-to-end — from scoping and design through production and operations
• You measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code
• Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility and an entrepreneurial mindset
• Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels. You are often cited as the inspiration for engineers that join your team
• Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and have a good intuition for what will last and scale
• Care deeply about mentorship and growing engineers

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 US base salary range for this role is $190,400 - $285,600. 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 location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

• 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.