Stripe

Backend / API Engineer, Billing

Stripe$90K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-12+ years of experience in backend software development
  • Ability to write high quality code in languages like Go, Java, C/C++
  • Hands-on experience with large scale distributed systems
  • Strong collaboration skills across workstreams
  • Autonomous and entrepreneurial mindset

Responsibilities

  • Design innovative Stripe products for high growth needs
  • Deliver value with a user-focused approach
  • Mentor engineers for their professional growth
  • Debug and resolve critical production issues effectively

Benefits

  • Opportunity to impact the global economy
  • Work on a modern financial management platform
  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team of experts
  • Flexible team assignments during final stages of hiring
Full Job Description
About the team

The Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA) team at Stripe is building a modern, revenue-focused, financial management platform for fast-growing, digital-native companies.

Hundreds of thousands of businesses of all sizes and types use Stripe Billing to collect revenue for recurring and one-time payments across a variety of different pricing models-from selling SaaS subscriptions, to orchestrating multi-stage contracts, delivering Usage-Based Billing, and providing recovery and retention tools to prevent customer churn.
What you'll do

As an engineer on the team, you'll be responsible for shaping and building a suite of products that let our users model and operate their business more efficiently. You'll work on projects that span technologies, systems, and processes where you'll design, build, test, and ship code every day. In this cross-functional role, you'll collaborate with experts in infrastructure, security, design, and operations to build business-critical internal and external features that power Stripe users around the world.
Responsibilities
  • Design the next generation of Stripe products to meet the high-growth needs of our company and customers for years to come
  • Deliver value through a strong collaborative, user-first approach with stakeholders and customers
  • Mentor engineers to help them grow
  • Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
  • 2-12+ years of experience in backend software development
  • Ability to write high-quality code (in programming languages like Go, Java, C/C++, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience contributing to or building large-scale distributed systems
  • Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work across work streams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
  • Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset
Preferred qualifications
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures
  • Experience with subscription management, usage-based billing, or financial reporting systems
  • Interest in financial infrastructure and how businesses manage their revenue operations
  • Direct leadership and mentorship experience

About Stripe

Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies—use our software to accept payments and manage their businesses online. Stripe helps new companies get started and grow their revenues, and established businesses accelerate into new markets and launch new business models. Stripe powers businesses all over the world, from the new startup that just launched yesterday to the Fortune 500 companies that we all know and love. Stripe is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Dublin, London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, and more.
Learn more about Stripe
Size
4,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2010

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