Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Job Overview

As a Software Engineer on the Core Infrastructure team at Stripe, you will be part of a team that builds and maintains the core infrastructure used by product teams to support Stripe's business operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain distributed cloud infrastructure and platform services
• Work on scaling, automation, reliability, and observability of infrastructure services
• Operate your service, debug issues, and support customers
• Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in a software development role
• Experience building, deploying, and managing infrastructure on a major cloud provider
• Strong engineering background in building platform services and/or distributed systems at scale
• Experience developing, maintaining, and debugging distributed systems
• Experience with operational excellence and modern observability practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with popular cloud technologies , AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud
• Experience with Go or other systems languages (e.g., Rust, C/C++)
• Experience with Linux OS internals, performance optimization, and kernel-level troubleshooting
• Experience working with Kubernetes clusters and low-level container mechanics
• Experience in networking and traffic systems at scale
• Experience handling critical incidents for production systems