Build and operate large-scale financial systems at Stripe, impacting billions in payment volume.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 week ago
What you'll build
- Build and operate large-scale systems managing financial information
- Lead cross-functional alignment for multi-team projects
- Debug production issues across the stack
- Execute projects related to Stripe’s financial performance
- Work on systems critical to Stripe's financial operations
Must have
- 5 years of experience programming in Java, Scala, or Python
- 5 years of experience designing scalable distributed systems
- 5 years of experience debugging production issues
- 5 years of experience with testing tools like JUnit
- 4 years of experience developing complex SQL queries
- 4 years of experience in fintech domain
Nice to have
- 1 year experience with Apache Spark
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer focuses on building and maintaining large-scale systems that handle significant volumes of financial data, ensuring they meet both business and compliance needs. Proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python, along with experience in designing distributed systems and debugging production issues, is essential. This position is well-suited for seasoned engineers with a background in fintech and a track record of leading cross-functional projects. The team operates in a complex environment, contributing to critical systems that impact Stripe's financial operations.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 26, 2026. Last confirmed on Stripe's careers page November 5, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 89% of 161 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $175,000 across 65 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 40.2% of 520 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Apache Spark appears in 0.8% of 520 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Backend role remote?
- It's hybrid — Stripe expects some on-site time in Seattle, WA.
- What's the salary range?
- Stripe lists $206,086–$285,600 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Backend role.
- Where is the role based?
- Stripe is hiring for this position in Seattle, WA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Apache Spark, Big Data, Java, Python, SQL, Scala.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Stripe targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Backend role at Stripe.
From the original posting
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
- Building and operating critical, large-scale systems that manage massive volumes of financial information, to fulfill business goals for Stripe and its partners;
- Navigate a complex fintech environment with numerous compliance regulations, translating internal and external business needs into robust software requirements and scalable distributed systems;
- Lead cross- functional alignment and provide technical direction for multi-team projects;
- Build large-scale (petabyte-size) financial data platforms, solutions, and pipelines using Big Data technologies and distributed systems;
- Debugging production issues across the stack, analyzing complex datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines using modern Big Data technologies to ensure reliable, high-performance solutions;
- Executing projects related to insights into Stripe’s financial performance across multiple Stripe products;
- Work on systems critical to Stripe's future financial operations, with impact over billions of dollars of payment volume;
- Deeply understand the design and architecture of modern payments and financial technology across countries; and
- Leverage experience with monitoring, incident handling, debugging in production environments to ensure data pipeline health and SLOs, while reducing operational toil via automation.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Must have a Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Security, or a related field, plus five (5) years of related work experience in Software Engineering.
Must also have experience in each of the following:
- 5 years of experience programming in Java, Scala, or Python;
- 5 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems;
- 5 years of experience debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
- 5 years of experience with different testing tools and frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, and TestNG;
- 4 years of experience developing complex SQL queries, analyzing datasets and designing large-scale data pipelines;
- 4 years of experience working in fintech domain;
- 4 years of experience leading cross-team projects and building alignment on multi-team technical direction; and
- 1 year experience working with Apache Spark or similar modern Big Data technologies.
Salary: $206,086.00 - $285,600.00/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. WA80