Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Stripe

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WASouth San Francisco, CA
Salary
$271,200–$406,800 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $196k
This role $339k
$118k most similar roles pay here $438k

This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $156,912–$235,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $339k versus about $196k for comparable roles.

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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 145 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $203,600–$291,650 across 142 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure joins the Infrastructure team within the Compute organization to manage core components used by all product teams. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining container infrastructure while leading technical conversations and decision-making across various backend teams. You will work on scaling, automation, reliability, and observability of infrastructure services while improving internal engineering standards and tooling. The day-to-day work involves debugging production issues across the stack and identifying shared compute needs to optimize price/performance ratios. Key technologies include Linux OS, Kubernetes, AWS EC2, and AWS networking components. Candidates must possess expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and network administration. You will solve complex problems related to scaling and migrating systems with minimal downtime while mentoring the next generation of technical leaders within a large-scale distributed environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $208250 from 378 postings across 36 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and maintain container infrastructure used by all Stripe service teams.
  • Lead technical conversations and decision-making processes with other infrastructure and backend teams.
  • Mentor and grow the next generation of technical leaders at Stripe.
  • Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization for infrastructure projects.
  • Debug production issues across various services and levels of the technology stack.
  • Improve scaling, automation, reliability, and observability of infrastructure services.
  • Identify shared compute needs across the company and prioritize solutions to meet specific requirements.

What we're looking for

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent field.
  • 15+ years of professional experience in a software development or devops automation role.
  • Extensive networking experience in development or system administration.
  • Experience with Kubernetes.
  • Experience leading projects on a cross-team or company-wide scale.
  • Strong engineering background in distributed infrastructure services.
  • Experience optimizing the reliability and security of distributed systems.
  • Experience scaling and migrating systems with little to no downtime.
  • Experience mentoring engineers at various stages in their careers.
  • Experience using one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, OCI, or Google).
  • Experience developing, maintaining, and debugging distributed systems.
  • Experience with ops culture and a deep understanding of metrics, alarms, and dashboards.

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