Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Microservices & Data Pipelines Remote

Stripe, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Company bonus or commissions

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe, LLC. is seeking engineers to design, build, and maintain large-scale, low-latency services and data pipelines.

You will collaborate with engineering, TPM, product, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful projects and ensure precise data handling across trillions of dollars in transactions. The role requires deep experience with Java/Ruby/Scala, Python for backend tasks, and strong familiarity with Kubernetes, RESTful services, and microservice architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 4 years of software engineering experience.
• 3 years in experience writing high-quality software using Java, Ruby or Scala.
• Experience with Python for backend logic, data processing, or automation scripts.
• 2 years in experience building highly scalable backend infrastructure; experience designing and maintaining Microservices and implementing RESTful Web Services.
• Experience with Kubernetes and kubectl for managing and scaling cloud-native applications.
• Experience in SQL for managing large-scale data sets and optimizing database performance.
• 1 year in experience with frontend technologies, specifically JavaScript or TypeScript, to support end-to-end feature delivery; and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain large-scale low-latency services and data pipelines.
• Work collaboratively on projects that span multiple engineering groups, across multiple functions (engineering, TPM, product, business), and involving different business stakeholders such as tax experts, accountants, and product owners.
• Build watertight controls across data flows to ensure super high accuracy for all transactions (trillions of dollars).

Skills

Java

Ruby

Scala

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

kubectl

RESTful Web Services

Microservices

SQL

Job description

Stripe, LLC. is seeking engineers to design, build, and maintain large-scale, low-latency services and data pipelines.

You will collaborate with engineering, TPM, product, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful projects and ensure precise data handling across trillions of dollars in transactions. The role requires deep experience with Java/Ruby/Scala, Python for backend tasks, and strong familiarity with Kubernetes, RESTful services, and microservice architectures.