Backend Engineer, Payments and Risk

Stripe

Note: if you are an intern, new grad, staff, frontend or fullstack applicant, please do not apply using this link and visit our jobs page for those specific postings. WHO WE ARE 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 Organization Payments and Risk Sub-orgs: Link and OCS, Payments Acceptance, Risk The Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. Optimized Checkout and Link teams work to create best-in-class checkout experiences that enhance customer satisfaction and drive merchant conversion rates. The Risk Engineering team develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, thereby safeguarding Stripe's brand and financial stability. Team Matching: Exact team matching for one of the sub-teams will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What you'll do We're looking for backend engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams — from Infrastructure to Product — to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs. Responsibilities * Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests * Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack * Mentor engineers to help them grow * Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes * Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 * 2+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops) * Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job, so our interview process is language agnostic) * Strong collaboration skills; can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success * Ability to thrive with a high degree of autonomy and ownership, with an entrepreneurial mindset * Interested in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users Preferred qualifications * Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems * Good understanding and practical knowledge of cloud-based services (e.g., gRPC, GraphQL, Docker/Kubernetes, AWS, etc.)

Stripe

WHO WE ARE 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 The Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending the capabilities of Stripe to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. The Risk Engineering team develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, thereby safeguarding the Stripe brand and financial stability. Team matching—exact team matching for one of the subteams within this org will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found here. WHAT YOU'LL DO We're looking for backend engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. You'll play a key role in extending our balance management platform and in building out a new funds accessibility platform leveraged by enterprises and SMBs alike. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams—from Infrastructure to Product—at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs. RESPONSIBILITIES • Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests • Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack • Mentor engineers to help them grow • Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes • Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues 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 • 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops) • Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job, so our interview process is language agnostic) • Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success • Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset • Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems • Good understanding and practical knowledge of cloud-based services (e.g., gRPC, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS)

Stripe

WHO WE ARE 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 Exact team matching for one of the subteams within the following orgs will begin during final stages. If you have a strong preference for a specific org, please flag this to your recruiter during your recruiter screen. Money as a Service (MaaS) Money as a Service is a new org within Stripe which is all about making money programmable through funding, FX'ing, sending, and spending. The Money as a Service (MaaS) teams build the APIs and product experience that allow Stripe users to perform these money management capabilities on Stripe globally. We've recently launched several products. * Multicurrency balances * Global Payouts Payments and Risk The Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. Optimized Checkout and Link teams work to create best-in-class checkout experiences that enhance customer satisfaction and drive merchant conversion rates. The Risk Engineering team develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, thereby safeguarding Stripe's brand and financial stability. WHAT YOU'LL DO We're looking for backend, frontend-leaning fullstack, and fullstack engineers who are interested in building software services and platforms that impact thousands of employees and millions of Stripe users, regardless of whether they're an end user, developer, or partner. RESPONSIBILITIES * Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, user experiences, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests * Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack * Mentor engineers to help them grow * Meet directly with our users to help shape product changes * Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes * Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues 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 * 2-12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops) * Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job so our interview process is language agnostic) * Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success * Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, and an entrepreneurial mindset * Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * * Experience building user interfaces * Experience with user research or interaction design * Experience designing and building APIs