# Software Engineer, Backend at Stripe

Software Engineer, Backend at Stripe in Seattle, WA. Remote, paying $206k–$286k. Posted September 14, 2026.

- Company: Stripe
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Workplace: Remote
- Pay: $206k–$286k
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply: https://stripe.com/jobs/search?gh_jid=8198280
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/software-engineer-backend-stripe-02gqyc

## Requirements

- Building software solutions in Java, C++, Python, or Ruby;
- Designing, building and maintaining scalable systems;
- Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;
- Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
- Distributed systems; and
- Design and implementation of scalable high-performance RESTful microservices.

## Description

### **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**

- Develop scalable computer systems that manage a large volume of information and use them to fulfill business goals for the company and its partners.

- Improve backend scalability and performance by integrating lightweight backend framework, overhauling APIs and optimizing database systems.

- Design and build tools that ingest and process signals from various sources to make them more accessible for the company’s partner teams. 

- Design and implement logging and data visualization system for backend APIs.

- Diagnose and resolve software issues reported from production, automated testing, QA testing and customers.

- Design and implement scalable and reliable automated testing suites to reduce manual Quality Assurance tasks.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and streamlined software development and deployment processes with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.

### **Who you are**

### **Minimum requirements**

Must have a Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus six (6) years of software development experience.

Must also have four (4) years of experience in each of the following:

- Building software solutions in Java, C++, Python, or Ruby;

- Designing, building and maintaining scalable systems;

- Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;

- Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;

- Distributed systems; and

- Design and implementation of scalable high-performance RESTful microservices.

Salary: $206,086 - $285,600/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. **WA58**

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