Backend / API Engineer, Billing

We're looking for a skilled Backend/API Engineer to join our Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA) team at Stripe. As an engineer on this team, you'll be responsible for shaping and building a suite of products that let our users model and operate their business more efficiently.

In this cross-functional role, you'll collaborate with experts in infrastructure, security, design, and operations to build mission-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 and users-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.

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, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success.
• Ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial.

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.