Software Engineer, Online Database Infrastructure

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Seattle, WA, USA
In-Office
206K-286K Annually
Senior level
Payments • Software
The Role
Design, implement, deploy, and operate resilient online database infrastructure at scale. The role focuses on distributed systems, infrastructure tooling, reliability, performance, cost optimization, developer enablement, roadmap planning, and maintaining high engineering standards.
Summary Generated by Built In
Who we areAbout 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 doResponsibilities
  • Contribute to team strategy, roadmap, tooling, process, and culture. Scope, design, implement, and deploy robust solutions, making appropriate tradeoffs between reliability, throughput, latency, resiliency, engineering velocity and cost. 
  • Innovate, design and implement software solutions that contribute towards improvement in infrastructure resiliency, reliability, efficiency and management at scale. 
  • Uphold our high engineering standards and improve our codebase and processes.
Who you areMinimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in Software development. 

Must also have 5 years of experience in each of the following:

  • Developing, maintaining and debugging distributed systems built with open source tools;
  • Building infrastructure as a product centered around users’ needs;
  • Scaling distributed systems;
  • Breaking down large complex systems;
  • Identifying shortcomings and optimization opportunities to make data driven cost performance tradeoffs to influence design decisions;
  • Building and operating infrastructure and tools that empower developers;
  • Working in a development team in AWS, Azure, OCI or GCP; and
  • Programming languages: Ruby, Go, Python, or Java.

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. WA56

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate software development experience
  • 5 years developing, maintaining, and debugging distributed systems using open-source tools
  • 5 years building infrastructure as a product centered around user needs
  • 5 years scaling distributed systems
  • 5 years breaking down large, complex systems
  • 5 years identifying optimization opportunities and making data-driven cost-performance tradeoffs
  • 5 years building and operating infrastructure and tools that empower developers
  • 5 years working in a development team using AWS, Azure, OCI, or GCP
  • 5 years of programming experience with Ruby, Go, Python, or Java

Stripe Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stripe and has not been reviewed or approved by Stripe.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, EAP, and mental‑health support such as therapy sessions; wellness resources are consistently highlighted across materials. Coverage breadth and depth are repeatedly positioned as a core strength.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for birthing and non‑birthing parents, fertility benefits, and adoption assistance are emphasized, making family support a standout element. Feedback suggests these programs compare favorably to common tech benchmarks.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness stipends, gym reimbursement, and onsite meals/snacks (where available) are commonly offered, with flexible lifestyle funds supporting varied needs globally. Education stipends and similar perks further bolster day‑to‑day wellbeing.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
5,360 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies like Salesforce and Facebook—use the company’s software to accept online payments and run technically sophisticated financial operations in more than 100 countries. Stripe helps new companies get started and grow their revenues, and established businesses accelerate into new markets and launch new business models. Over the long term, Stripe aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

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