Backend Engineer, Privy

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Payments • Software
The Role
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will develop APIs and tools, manage databases, and facilitate modern software practices while collaborating with the team to enhance user privacy and ownership.
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Who we areAbout Privy

Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. We build simple, flexible developer tooling that make it easy to build products that put users first. By leveraging modern cryptography, we shift the status quo around digital ownership and protect the accounts and assets of millions of users.

Learn more about Privy: Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone

What you’ll do

Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empower their users.

Who you areMinimum requirements
  • 8+ years of experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
  • An understanding of modern API development best practices and design
  • Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration
  • An ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.
  • A growth mindset and a constant curiosity and fearlessness to dive into the unknown.
  • An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation.
Preferred qualifications
  • Experience in an API-driven business within payments, fintech, or crypto
  • Built or contributed to open-source developer tooling
  • Published work (open source code, talks, blog posts, etc.)
  • Experience working with blockchain protocols and designing or interacting with smart contracts
  • Experience in authentication, identity, or security

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
  • Understanding of modern API development best practices and design
  • Experience in building data models, managing database migrations
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Stripe Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare is positioned as comprehensive across mental, physical, and medical plans. Mental-health support is repeatedly surfaced as a meaningful part of overall coverage.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave and fertility benefits are highlighted as core elements of the package. Leave-related benefits are portrayed as a standout area of support for families.
  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Compensation is framed as a relative strength compared to other parts of the employee experience. Pay is frequently characterized as competitive and, for many roles, perceived as fair in absolute terms.

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The Company
HQ: Dublin, Dublin
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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