Stripe

Software Engineer

Stripe · Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA $190K–$285K Posted 2026-07-21
Salary
$190K–$285K
Type
Full-time
Experience
2+ yr

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.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripes engineering teams using Ruby, Java, and Scala
  • Build, develop, test and deploy software infrastructure
  • Design and develop software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
  • Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation
  • Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
  • Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints
  • Work with engineers across the company to build new features at large-scale
  • Build new systems to securely store and reliably modify production systems
  • Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

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

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field plus 2 years of experience in software development.

Position also requires the following:

  • 2 years of experience working with Ruby, Java, Scala, or Go
  • 2 years of experience implementing industry standard design patterns
  • 2 years of experience building full-stack or backend applications at scale
  • 2 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs, services, and distributed systems at scale
  • 2 years of experience writing unit tests and performing manual testing of complex software changes

Salary: $190,400 - $285,600/yr.

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

50% Telecommuting Permitted.

Multiple Positions Available.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. WA01

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$110K — 10th pctl $260K — 90th pctl
This role’s midpoint $238K vs. market median $180K for Engineering roles
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above median
Based on 17,000+ Engineering roles with disclosed salary ranges tracked on NewJob.
Stripe

Stripe

Fintech · Private · San Francisco, USA

Stage & Valuation
Private · $91.5B
Key Investors
Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst
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