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Backend Engineer, Core Technology

at Stripe

📍 Seattle, San Francisco, US-Remote Remote Posted March 03, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years 0+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

Stripe is hiring a Backend Engineer to work on core infrastructure, ensuring system reliability, performance, and scalability across distributed systems and cloud environments.

  • Design and optimize distributed systems
  • Ensure reliability and performance
  • Manage cloud infrastructure
  • Implement automation and monitoring
  • Scale systems to meet demand

Role involves designing and optimizing distributed systems, managing cloud infrastructure, and implementing automation and monitoring solutions using Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and Linux.

The ideal candidate is a mid-level backend engineer with experience in distributed systems, reliability, and performance optimization. They are familiar with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS, and can work on scalable, reliable systems.

Experience with distributed systemsReliability engineeringPerformance optimizationScalability
Cloud platformsKubernetesDockerAWSAmazon Web ServicesLinuxNetworking
KubernetesDockerAWSAmazon Web ServicesLinuxMonitoring tools
System designDistributed systemsReliability engineeringPerformance optimizationScalabilityInfrastructureCloud platformsKubernetesDockerAWSAmazon Web ServicesLinuxNetworking
System designDistributed systemsReliability engineeringPerformance optimizationScalabilityInfrastructureCloud platformsMonitoringAutomationDevOpsKubernetesDockerAWSAmazon Web ServicesLinuxNetworking
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkadaptability
Industry Fintech
Job Function Building reliable, scalable backend infrastructure for Stripe
distributed systemsreliability engineeringperformance optimizationscalabilityinfrastructurecloud platformsKubernetesDockerAWSAmazon Web ServicesLinuxmonitoringautomationDevOps

Lack of experience with distributed systems, No background in reliability engineering, Unfamiliar with cloud platforms like AWS

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