Is the Software Engineer role remote?

It's hybrid — Stripe expects some on-site time in Seattle, WA.

What's the salary range?

Stripe lists $190,400–$285,600 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer 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: AWS, Ansible, Go, Linux, Puppet, Python.

What seniority level is this role?

Stripe targets mid-level candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Software Engineer role at Stripe.

Software Engineer at Stripe

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Software Engineer at Stripe focuses on developing and managing software and infrastructure for data center operations, including compliance and project management tasks. Key skills include experience with AWS, Terraform, and programming in languages such as Go, Ruby, and Python, alongside a solid understanding of distributed systems. This position is suitable for engineers with a couple of years of experience who are comfortable mentoring juniors and handling on-call responsibilities. The team operates in a fast-paced environment, contributing to Stripe's mission of enhancing financial infrastructure.

Joblaze insights

Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 11, 2026. Last confirmed on Stripe's careers page October 12, 2026.
This exact title is also open at 2 other locations at Stripe: Seattle, WA, Chicago, IL.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
Starts above 95% of 59 comparable mid backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $148,750 across 29 companies). See Python salary trends
Python appears in 42.9% of 252 comparable mid backend roles in United States; Puppet appears in 0.8% of 252 comparable mid backend roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Software Engineer role remote?: It's hybrid — Stripe expects some on-site time in Seattle, WA.
What's the salary range?: Stripe lists $190,400–$285,600 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer 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: AWS, Ansible, Go, Linux, Puppet, Python.
What seniority level is this role?: Stripe targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Software Engineer 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

Conducting technical interviews;
Creating software, tooling and distributed systems for automating and managing data center network hardware and compute stacks;
Creating and operating shared infrastructure for Stripe’s Cardholder data environment;
Deployment tooling;
SOX compliance audit prep interviews, and remediations;
PCI compliance audit prep, interviews, and remediations;
Project management;
Mentoring junior engineers;
On-call responsibilities.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, plus two (2) years of Software Development experience. Position also requires the following:

2 years of experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and Terraform infrastructure automation;
2 years of experience with reliability, scalability, and distributed systems principles;
1 year of experience in Go and Ansible programming languages;
1 year of experience in Puppet host configuration;
1 year of experience in Ruby programming language;
1 year of experience in Python programming language;
1 year of experience in mentorship and leadership of junior software engineers;
1 year of experience performing 24/7 on call rotations to support high-availability software systems;
1 year of experience with monitoring and logging tools;
1 year of experience with computer network concepts;
1 year of experience in the knowledge of Linux operating system and subsystems;
1 year of experience with cloud and application security best practices; and
1 year of experience with PCI compliance monitoring, audit processes, and evidence collection.

Salary: $190,400.00 - $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% remote work 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. WA67

Software Engineer