# Software Engineer at Stripe

> United States · Unspecified · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Astripe%3A8249901 (read 2026-11-06).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Stripe](https://alderhq.app/companies/stripe)
- Location text: Seattle, WA; US-PERM
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Seattle, WA; US-PERM")
- Posted: 2026-10-02 (35 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://stripe.com/jobs/search?gh_jid=8249901
- Skills listed (inferred): Python, Go, Java, AWS, Azure, Distributed systems

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $157k–$235k per year (from the description)
- Market band for similar posted roles (Seattle, n 204): p25 $125k, median $145k, p75 $166k
- H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 138, median offered wage $157k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance))
- Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Stripe Netherlands B.V." (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants))
- Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Stripe Payments UK Ltd" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers))

## Description (the employer's text)

### 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

- Design, build, and operate critical tier-0 backend services that must achieve 99.99%+ availability and handle security-sensitive data.
- Responsible for improving developer tooling.
- Design and implement robust, scalable infrastructure, participate in an on-call rotation, and collaborate with engineering teams across the company to plan and safely execute changes in production.
- Set up and operate infrastructure that participates in decentralized distributed systems, including creating deploy pipelines for artifacts.
- Build and harden custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) used to bootstrap EC2 instances, and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for these systems.
- Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization.
- Deliver value through a strong collaborative approach with multiple customers and stakeholders across Stripe.
### Who you are

### Minimum requirements

### Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a related field, plus three (3) years of software engineering or related experience.

Must have three (3) years of experience in each of the following:

- Cloud technologies, including AWS and Azure;
- Go, Python or Java;
- Developing, maintaining and debugging distributed systems;
- Linux OS;
- Metrics, alarms and dashboards;
- NoSQL databases; and
- Handling critical incidents for production systems.
Salary: $156,800 - $235,200/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

50% Telecommuting 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. WA61

### #LI-DNI

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