Build payment APIs and financial systems at Stripe, managing billions of money movement requests across distributed and hybrid teams. As a Backend Engineer, you will extend Stripe’s balance management platform and build a funds accessibility platform for enterprises and SMBs. The Payments and Risk organization develops payment acceptance, checkout, Link, and risk products. You will collaborate with Infrastructure, Product, and stakeholders across the company to address evolving user needs. The role supports generalist engineers working across technologies and stacks. Key Responsibilities:
Design and maintain APIs, services,
and large-scale systems Handle billions of money movement requests reliably Debug critical production issues across multiple stack levels Mentor engineers and support their growth Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes Requirements:
Two to twelve-plus years of industry software engineering experience Solid coding skills in any programming language Strong collaboration skills across team workstreams Ability to work autonomously and take responsibility Interest in generalist work across technologies and stacks Apply backend engineering, coding, and collaboration skills to Stripe’s global payments and financial infrastructure.