Backend Engineer, Core Technology

About this role

Join Stripe's Infrastructure team to build and maintain the foundational systems powering a global financial platform. You'll work on critical infrastructure, developer tools, data systems, and AI-driven productivity features serving millions of businesses, with opportunities to specialize in core infrastructure, developer experience, data pipelines, or internal platforms.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and ship production-quality code across distributed systems and infrastructure layers
• Create excellent experiences for internal and external teams using Stripe's infrastructure
• Participate in roadmap planning and help prioritize engineering work
• Debug and resolve production issues across multiple service tiers and technology stacks
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders across Stripe to deliver value
• Contribute to team success through strong collaboration and knowledge sharing

What they're looking for

• Software engineering in Go, Java, C/C++, or similar languages
• Distributed systems design and optimization
• Production debugging and troubleshooting across system layers
• Data structures and algorithms
• Large-scale system architecture
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Customer-focused product thinking
• Entrepreneurial mindset with autonomy