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Fintech, Payments, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Software Engineer, Revenue and Financial Automation

Name: RiseMe
Availability: InStock

RemoteRemoteFull TimePosted 2 months ago

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Required skills

Go
Java
C/C++
distributed systems
backend development
platform infrastructure

Nice to have

event-driven architectures
subscription management
usage-based billing
financial reporting
financial infrastructure
revenue operations

Role summary

Stripe is seeking a Software Engineer for its Platform Infrastructure team within the Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA) organization. This role involves shaping and building products for financial management, focusing on revenue, subscriptions, and billing. The engineer will design, build, test, and ship code for business-critical internal and external features, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include designing next-generation products, delivering value through a user-first approach, mentoring engineers, and resolving production issues. The ideal candidate has 4-12+ years of backend or platform development experience, proficiency in languages like Go, Java, or C/C++, and hands-on experience with large-scale distributed systems.

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe 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.

About the team

The Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA) organization at Stripe is building a modern, revenue-focused, financial management platform for fast-growing, digital-native companies.

Hundreds of thousands of businesses of all sizes and types use Stripe Billing to collect revenue for recurring and one-time payments across a variety of different pricing models—from selling SaaS subscriptions, to orchestrating multi-stage contracts, delivering Usage-Based Billing, and providing recovery and retention tools to prevent customer churn.

What you'll do

As an engineer on the team, you'll be responsible for shaping and building a suite of products that let our users model and operate their business more efficiently. You'll work on projects that span technologies, systems, and processes where you'll design, build, test, and ship code every day. In this cross-functional role, you'll collaborate with experts in infrastructure, security, design, and operations to build business-critical internal and external features that power Stripe users around the world.

Responsibilities

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

Deliver value through a strong collaborative, user-first approach with stakeholders and customers

Mentor engineers to help them grow

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

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

5–12+ years of experience in backend or platform software development

Ability to write high-quality code (in programming languages like Go, Java, C/C++, etc.)

Hands-on experience contributing to or building large-scale distributed systems

Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work across work streams within your team and contribute to your peers' success

Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset

Preferred qualifications

Familiarity with event-driven architectures

Experience with subscription management, usage-based billing, or financial reporting systems

Interest in financial infrastructure and how businesses manage their revenue operations

Direct leadership and mentorship experience

Sample Stripe interview questions

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Design a Distributed LRU Cache
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Design an application performance monitoring system
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3
Design a rate limiter
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4
What strategies would you use to ensure fault tolerance and data persistence in a distributed cache?
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5
Design an autocomplete Typeahead Suggestion system.
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