Global Payments Backend Engineer – Scale & Innovate

Stripe; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; 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 senior software engineers to expand our payments platform at global scale. You will join a distributed, hybrid team building next-generation products, from front-end experiences to reliable backend services.

You will mentor engineers, debug complex production issues, and collaborate with stakeholders across Stripe. We value autonomy, entrepreneurial mindset, and strong coding skills across stacks.

Qualifications

• 2–10+ years of industry software engineering experience.
• Strong coding skills in any programming language.
• Ability to collaborate across workstreams and contribute to peers' success.
• Autonomy and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Interest in backend development across varying technologies and stacks.

Responsibilities

• Build and design the next generation of Stripe products to meet growth needs.
• Debug and solve critical production issues across services and stack levels.
• Mentor engineers to help them grow.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build features at large scale and improve standards.
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed, hybrid team with open communication.

Skills

Backend development

Strong coding skills

Collaboration skills

Autonomy

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

Stripe is seeking senior software engineers to expand our payments platform at global scale. You will join a distributed, hybrid team building next-generation products, from front-end experiences to reliable backend services.

You will mentor engineers, debug complex production issues, and collaborate with stakeholders across Stripe. We value autonomy, entrepreneurial mindset, and strong coding skills across stacks.