$140K – $200K/yr
Software Engineer – Backend Engineer – Tax Engineering
Pay vs market · Near median
This job's pay ($204,898 a year at the midpoint) is higher than about 50% of 3,530 salary-listed Software Engineer jobs in United States in the last 12 months; their median is $205,000.
Role overview
Job 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 Design, build, and maintain large-scale low-latency services and data pipelines. Work collaboratively on projects that span multiple engineering groups, across multiple functions (engineering, TPM, product, business), and involving different business stakeholders such as tax experts, accountants, and product owners. Build watertight controls across data flows to ensure super high accuracy for all transactions (trillions of dollars). Who you are Minimum requirements Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, or a related field, plus 4 years of related work experience in software engineering. Must also have experience in each of the following: 3 years in experience writing high-quality software using Java, Ruby or Scala; experience with Python for backend logic, data processing, or automation scripts; 2 years in experience building highly scalable backend infrastructure; experience designing and maintaining Microservices and implementing RESTful Web Service; experience with Kubernetes and kubectl for managing and scaling cloud-native applications; experience in SQL for managing large-scale data sets and optimizing database performance; 1 year in experience with frontend technologies, specifically JavaScript or TypeScript, to support end-to-end feature delivery; and experience mentoring junior engineers. Salary: $174,595.00 - $235,200.00/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. WA82 #LI-DNI
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- Source: Stripe's official careers site · still listed there on 14 Nov 2026
- Posted 12 Nov 2026
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Who you are Minimum requirements Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, or a related field, plus 4 years of related work experience in software engineering
Department · Global Operations
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Stripe
Stripe is a financial services platform that helps all types of businesses accept payments, build flexible billing models and manage money movement.
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