About the role

Backend Engineer at Stripe designing and maintaining scalable bank integration infrastructure. Collaborating cross-functionally to provide reliable access to banking data for businesses globally.

Responsibilities

Scope and lead large technical projects, translating business goals into clear technical requirements and executing effectively.
Align our tech stack with Stripe’s broad strategic initiatives, while also advocating for the needs of the emerging new businesses.
Work with engineers across the company to deliver comprehensive and reliable access to trustworthy banking data.
Balance the tradeoffs between short-term requirements and long-term roadmaps. Make decisions that consider business priorities, user experience, and sustainable technical foundations.
Mentor and collaborate with other engineers and managers to grow the next generation of leaders at Stripe.

Strong technical background, including 3+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems
Comfortable working on a new product under fluid conditions, seamlessly balancing tactical and strategic considerations
Track record of leading and shipping complex cross-team projects end-to-end — from scoping and design through production and operations
You measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code
Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility and an entrepreneurial mindset
Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels. You are often cited as the inspiration for engineers that join your team
Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and have a good intuition for what will last and scale
Care deeply about mentorship and growing engineers