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Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United StatesHybridFull TimeEntry-level (exp-based)$156,800–$235,200 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, is seeking Software Engineers to design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems using Ruby, Java, and Go. Responsibilities include developing software infrastructure, designing and testing software systems, debugging production issues, and improving engineering standards. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field, 1 year of experience in software engineering, and experience with Python, Java, Go, AWS cloud infrastructure, industry standard design patterns, building distributed backend applications at scale, and building low latency systems.

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 maintain APls, services, and systems across Stripes engineering teams using Ruby, Java, and Go
  • Build software infrastructure, including developing, testing, and deploying it
  • Design and develop software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
  • Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation
  • Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
  • Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints
  • Work with engineers across the company to build new features at large-scale; Build new systems to securely store sensitive data; Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
  • Who you are

    Minimum requirements

    This position requires the following:

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field.
  • 1 year of Software Engineering experience.
  • 1 year of experience working with Python, Java, Go programming languages.
  • 1 year of experience working with AWS cloud infrastructure (e.g. S3, EC2, EBS etc.).
  • 1 year of experience implementing industry standard design patterns.
  • 1 year of software engineering experience in building distributed backend applications at scale.
  • 1 year of software engineering experience in building low latency systems.
  • Pay and benefits

    Salary : $156,800 - $235,200/yr.

    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. CA06.

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      Design a Distributed LRU Cache

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      Design an application performance monitoring system

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    • 4

      Design a traffic monitoring and routing system for real-time data.

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    • 5

      Design a real-time system for analyzing user interactions on websites.

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