Platform Infrastructure Engineer — Scale Global Billing

Stripe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking an experienced backend engineer in San Francisco to design the next generation of revenue-focused platform products. You will collaborate across teams to build scalable systems, mentor peers, and resolve production issues across services and the stack.

The role emphasizes autonomy, entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-impact financial infrastructure solutions.

Qualifications

• 4–12+ years of backend or platform software development.
• Ability to write high-quality code (Go, Java, C/C++, etc.)
• Hands-on experience contributing to or building large-scale distributed systems
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work across work streams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
• Autonomy and responsibility with an entrepreneurial mindset

Responsibilities

• Design the next generation of Stripe products to meet the high-growth needs of our company and customers for years to come
• Deliver value through a strong collaborative, user-first approach with stakeholders and customers
• Mentor engineers to help them grow
• Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Go

Java

C/C++

Event-driven architecture

Subscription management

Financial reporting

Collaboration

Autonomy

Mentorship

Job description

Stripe is seeking an experienced backend engineer in San Francisco to design the next generation of revenue-focused platform products. You will collaborate across teams to build scalable systems, mentor peers, and resolve production issues across services and the stack.

The role emphasizes autonomy, entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-impact financial infrastructure solutions.