Software Engineer, Backend
Company websitestripe.com (Stripe, opens in new tab)
Base salary $206,086 to $285,600
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Seattle, WA
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- LocationSeattle, WA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe, LLC. 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
- Develop scalable computer systems that manage a large volume of information and use them to fulfill business goals for the company and its partners.
- Improve backend scalability and performance by integrating lightweight backend framework, overhauling APIs and optimizing database systems.
- Design and build tools that ingest and process signals from various sources to make them more accessible for the company’s partner teams.
- Design and implement logging and data visualization system for backend APIs.
- Diagnose and resolve software issues reported from production, automated testing, QA testing and customers.
- Design and implement scalable and reliable automated testing suites to reduce manual Quality Assurance tasks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and streamlined software development and deployment processes with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Must have a Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus six (6) years of software development experience.
Must also have four (4) years of experience in each of the following:
- Building software solutions in Java, C++, Python, or Ruby;
- Designing, building and maintaining scalable systems;
- Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;
- Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
- Distributed systems; and
- Design and implementation of scalable high-performance RESTful microservices.
Salary: $206,086 - $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. WA58
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Source: Stripe on Greenhouse · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingSoftware Engineer, Backend$206,086 to $285,600
Senior Software Engineer, Product Velocity$206,086 to $285,600
Senior Software Engineer, Backend$206,086 to $285,600
Software Engineer, High Availability and Disaster Recovery$206,086 to $285,600
Software Engineer, Online Database Infrastructure$206,086 to $285,600
Customer Success Manager, RFA$208,021 to $225,300
Capital Markets Investments$199,222 to $235,200
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer, Backend (this listing) | $206,086 - $285,600 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Product Velocity | $206,086 - $285,600 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Backend | $206,086 - $285,600 |
| Software Engineer, High Availability and Disaster Recovery | $206,086 - $285,600 |
| Software Engineer, Online Database Infrastructure | $206,086 - $285,600 |
| Customer Success Manager, RFA | $208,021 - $225,300 |
| Capital Markets Investments | $199,222 - $235,200 |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-14
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Seattle, WA
Salary: $206,086 - $285,600/yr
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
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