Join Stripe as a Software Engineer to design and maintain backend services for resource automation in a hybrid work environment.
Posted by employer 10 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 hours ago
What you'll build
- Design backend services
- Develop automation and tooling
- Produce and review technical designs
- Improve service operability
- Uphold engineering standards
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 2 years of backend development in Go
- 2 years of experience with distributed systems and microservices
- 2 years of experience deploying services in cloud environments
- 2 years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- 2 years of experience with observability and troubleshooting
Practical constraints
- 40 hrs/week
- 50% Telecommuting Permitted
Requirements
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Engineer focuses on designing and maintaining backend services that enhance Stripe's internal infrastructure and microservices. Key skills include backend development in Go, experience with distributed systems, and proficiency in cloud environments like AWS or GCP, along with container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes. This position is ideal for someone with a couple of years of software engineering experience, particularly in environments that prioritize reliability and operational efficiency. The team is engaged in critical work that supports a wide range of internal engineering functions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 23, 2026. Last confirmed on Stripe's careers page October 23, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 78% of 54 comparable mid backend roles in United States that list Kubernetes we track (median $127,500 across 29 companies). See Kubernetes salary trends
- Kubernetes appears in 34.5% of 252 comparable mid backend roles in United States; OCI appears in 2% of 252 comparable mid backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer, Resource Automation role remote?
- It's hybrid — Stripe expects some on-site time in South San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Stripe lists $156,800–$235,200 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer, Resource Automation role.
- Where is the role based?
- Stripe is hiring for this position in South San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, Docker, GCP, Go, Kubernetes.
- 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, Resource Automation 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
- Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain backend services that support internal infrastructure and microservice operations.
- Develop automation and tooling that streamlines resource provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows for internal engineering teams.
- Produce and review technical designs; evaluate tradeoffs across reliability, latency, throughput, resiliency, cost, and engineering velocity.
- Improve service operability by implementing monitoring/alerting, participating in on-call support as applicable, performing root-cause analysis, and addressing recurring failure modes.
- Uphold engineering standards through code reviews, documentation, testing practices, and iterative improvements to existing services and systems.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field, plus 2 years of related work experience in software engineering.
Must also have 2 years of experience in each of the following:
- Backend development in Go, including building production services and writing automated tests;
- Distributed systems and microservices, and designing and implementing service APIs, including HTTP/REST or gRPC;
- Deploying and operating services using common cloud primitives computing, networking, and storage in cloud environments including AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI;
- Containers and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes and operating containerized services in production; and
- Observability and production troubleshooting, including using logs, metrics, and tracing to diagnose issues in Linux-based environments.
Salary: $156,800.00 - $235,200.00/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. CA73