Software Engineer

Stripe

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$190,400–$285,600 / yr
Posted
18 days ago
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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $154k
This role $238k
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This role pays more than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $124,850–$183,925 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $238k versus about $154k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for internet businesses, providing payment processing, billing, fraud prevention, and banking-as-a-service APIs to businesses of all sizes globally. Industry: Payments Infrastructure & Financial Technology

Stripe currently has 131 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,400–$285,600 across 128 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Software Engineer

As a Software Engineer, you will join the team to create software, tooling, and distributed systems for automating and managing data center network hardware and compute stacks. Your daily responsibilities include creating and operating shared infrastructure for the Cardholder data environment, developing deployment tooling, and managing project tasks. You will also conduct technical interviews, mentor junior engineers, and participate in on-call rotations. The role requires proficiency in Go, Ansible, Ruby, Python, and Puppet host configuration, alongside experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, Terraform, and Linux subsystems. You must apply knowledge of computer network concepts, monitoring and logging tools, and cloud security best practices. Additionally, you will handle SOX and PCI compliance audit preparations, remediations, and evidence collection to ensure secure financial infrastructure operations.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 409 postings across 38 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Create software and tooling to automate data center network hardware and compute stacks.
  • Operate shared infrastructure for the Cardholder data environment.
  • Develop and maintain deployment tooling.
  • Prepare for and remediate SOX and PCI compliance audits.
  • Mentor junior software engineers.
  • Participate in 24/7 on-call rotations to support high-availability systems.
  • Conduct technical interviews for the engineering team.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Must have at least two years of Software Development experience.
  • Must have 2 years of experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and Terraform infrastructure automation.
  • Must have 2 years of experience with reliability, scalability, and distributed systems principles.
  • Must have 1 year of experience in Go, Ansible, Ruby, and Python programming languages.
  • Must have 1 year of experience in Puppet host configuration.
  • Must have 1 year of experience in mentorship and leadership of junior software engineers.
  • Must have 1 year of experience performing 24/7 on-call rotations to support high-availability software systems.

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