Senior Backend Engineer, Billing Platform

Stripe; San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago (CA, NY, WA, IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking an experienced backend software engineer to design and build scalable products that power revenue operations for customers worldwide. You will contribute across technologies, collaborate with infrastructure, security, design, and operations, and ship features daily.

Ideal candidates have 5–12+ years in backend or platform development, with hands-on experience in Go, Java, or C/C++. You will mentor peers, resolve production issues, and own impact at scale.

Qualifications

• 5–12+ years of backend or platform software development.
• High-quality code in Go, Java, C/C++.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong collaboration and entrepreneurial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design the next generation of Stripe products to meet high-growth needs 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

Go

Java

C/C++

Distributed systems

Collaboration

Job description

Stripe is seeking an experienced backend software engineer to design and build scalable products that power revenue operations for customers worldwide. You will contribute across technologies, collaborate with infrastructure, security, design, and operations, and ship features daily.

Ideal candidates have 5–12+ years in backend or platform development, with hands-on experience in Go, Java, or C/C++. You will mentor peers, resolve production issues, and own impact at scale.