Senior Software Engineer
Stripe · South San Francisco, CA
Posted June 24, 2026
Job Description
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe, LLC. is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
What you’ll do
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discussions and implement scalable technical solutions for open-ended, medium-to-large-sized technical problems in the issued cards and financial accounts space, including account management/compliance, onboarding, fraud prevention, and more (50%);
- Write technical project briefs and workstream roadmaps for medium-to-large-sized technical problems in the banking-as-a-service space (5%);
- Provide mentorship & technical training around the codebase to junior engineers and newer engineers (5%);
- Write technical documentation around compliance and fraud within the card issuing domain (5%);
- Partner directly with cross functional teams, like Product and Fraud Strategy, to translate real-world requirements into technical outcomes (5%);
- Regularly go on-call for your engineering team (10%);
- Review API and technical designs for various engineering teams (20%).
Who you are
Minimum requirements
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field followed by 3 years of experience in Software Engineering.
Position also requires experience with the following:
- 3 years of experience with typed (Java, C++ or Scala) or untyped programming languages (Javascript, Ruby, Python);
- 2 years of experience with building end-to-end software solutions for fraud, compliance, and/or onboarding in the banking-as-a-service space;
- 2 years of experience with Database experience (MySQL/Postgres or MongoDB); and
- 5 months of experience with Web application development (AWS/Heroku/Google Cloud/Self Hosted).
Salary: $190,400.00 - $285,600.00/yr.
This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.
40 hrs/week
Up to 50% telework permitted.
Multiple Positions Available.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. #CA26 #LI-DNI
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