Stripe
Software Engineer, Backend
$206K–$286K
Seattle, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
US-PERM - Experience
- Six years of software development experience, plus four years in each of the listed experience areas.
- Education
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Builds and maintains scalable backend systems, APIs, data-processing tools, and testing and deployment capabilities.
What you'll do
- Improve backend scalability and performance through framework integration, API changes, and database optimization.
- Build tools to ingest and process signals, and implement logging and data visualization for backend APIs.
- Resolve software issues and develop automated testing suites; collaborate on CI/CD processes.
What they ask for
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Six years of software development experience.
- Four years of experience in each of: building software in Java, C++, Python, or Ruby; scalable systems; translating business needs into software requirements and designs; debugging production issues across services and stack layers; distributed systems; and scalable, high-performance RESTful microservices.
Pay
$206,086 - $285,600/yr (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, Ruby, RESTful microservices, CI, CD
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