stripe
Backend Engineer, Payments and Risk
USmid
About this role
Stripe is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and maintain large-scale payment and risk management systems that handle billions of transactions globally. You'll build robust APIs, solve critical production issues, and collaborate across teams to extend balance management and funds accessibility platforms.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain APIs and services handling billions of money movement requests
- Debug and resolve critical production issues across multiple system layers
- Mentor and support other engineers' professional growth
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative features at scale
- Improve internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes
What they're looking for
- Backend software engineering (2+ years experience)
- Strong coding skills in any programming language
- Large-scale system design
- Production debugging and troubleshooting
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Cloud services (gRPC, GraphQL, Docker/Kubernetes, AWS)
- Financial systems experience
- Generalist problem-solving approach
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