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Backend Engineer, Link
full-timeUnited States

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Location

United States

Type

full-time

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Who we are


About the Organization 


Link is a digital wallet designed for effortless and secure online payments and digital transactions. With Link, consumers enjoy convenience and peace of mind: it works on any device or browser, is backed by the highest security mechanisms, offers exclusive purchase protections on eligible items, and ensures seamless and quick payments. Across the Link Engineering org, we focus on building beautiful and delightful payment experiences as well as payment options so consumers world-wide could pay with their preferred payment methods. Our team's work spans the entire stack from building front-end experiences, infrastructure that supports low latency payment transactions, to intelligent systems that help protect consumers and merchants from bad actors on every transaction.


Team Matching: exact team matching for one of the subteams will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found here.


What you’ll do


We’re looking for engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. You’ll play a key role in extending our balance management platform and in building out a new funds accessibility platform leveraged by enterprises and SMBs alike. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams – from Infrastructure to Product –  at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs.


Responsibilities



  • Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests

  • Design the next generation of Stripe products, to meet the high growth needs of our company and customers for years to come.

  • Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack

  • Mentor engineers to help them grow

  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes

  • Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues


Who you are


We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.


Minimum requirements



  • 2-10+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships nor includes co-ops)

  • Strong coding skills in any programming language 

  • Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers’ success

  • Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial

  • Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users


Preferred Qualifications



  • Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems

  • Good understanding and practical knowledge in cloud based services (e.g. gRPC, GraphQL, Docker/Kubernetes, cloud services such as AWS, etc.) 

Other facts

Tech stack
Backend Engineering,API Development,Collaboration,Problem Solving,Mentoring,Cloud Services,Financial Systems,Debugging,Software Engineering,Autonomy,Entrepreneurial Mindset,Cross-Functional Collaboration,Large-Scale Systems,User Experience,Infrastructure,Payment Systems

About Stripe

Stripe

Economic infrastructure for the internet.

Launched out of Y Combinator’s 2009 Summer batch, Stripe is a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies—use our software to accept payments and manage their businesses online Stripe is a proud partner of YC companies—from Airbnb (S09) to Defog (W23)—to help them grow their businesses and increase the GDP of the internet.

Latest News

Stripe: 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50 May 09, 2023 Stripe tackles ‘cold start problem’ with the launch of fiat-to-crypto on-ramp May 07, 2023 Payments giant Stripe raises $6.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation Mar 15, 2023 Amazon-Stripe partnership accelerates ecommerce and streamlines online payments Jan 23, 2023 The Collison Brothers Built Stripe Into A $95 Billion Unicorn With Eye-Popping Financials. Inside Their Plan To Stay On Top May 26, 2022

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Company Details

Stripe Founded: 2009 Batch: Summer 2009 Team Size: 7000 Status: Active Location: San Francisco Founders Patrick Collison Founder/CEO Patrick Collison Founder/CEO John Collison Founder/President John Collison Founder/President

Team size: 1000+
Funding: $6.5 billion
Industry: FinTech
Founding Year: 2009

What you'll do

  • You will scope, design, build, and maintain APIs and services that handle billions of money movement requests. Additionally, you will collaborate with various teams to deliver innovative solutions and improve internal engineering standards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does a Backend Engineer, Link do at Stripe?

As a Backend Engineer, Link at Stripe, you will: you will scope, design, build, and maintain APIs and services that handle billions of money movement requests. Additionally, you will collaborate with various teams to deliver innovative solutions and improve internal engineering standards..

Why join Stripe as a Backend Engineer, Link?

Stripe is a leading FinTech company.

Is the Backend Engineer, Link position at Stripe remote?

The Backend Engineer, Link position at Stripe is based in United States, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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