# Software Engineer, Bridge

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Rails, Django, Express, APIs, Backend Systems, Blockchain, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-02-09

> Build and ship reliable API products for a stablecoin payments platform, owning projects end-to-end with a focus on backend systems using SQL. Requires 5+ years experience, strong ownership, and passion for fintech/crypto.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Ship software to build out our suite of API products. We’re an engineering and API-first company, and you will learn first-hand and contribute towards building highly reliable, performant, and mission critical infrastructure serving thousands of developers across the globe.
- Take sole ownership of projects, oftentimes without the support of Product Management, and liaise both internally with teams like Legal/Compliance and externally with our partners and developers.
- Look for constant improvements to our product offerings with the explicit goal of improving the experience for our partners and end users.
- Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
- Improve engineering standards, tooling and processes for the team and our broader org.

## Qualifications
- We are open to hiring engineers at various levels of seniority (SWE through Senior Staff) but at a minimum we are looking for somebody with 5+ years of experience.
- Experience building backend systems with SQL databases. Experience with frameworks such as Rails, Django, Express or equivalent is a bonus.
- An enlarged sense of ownership and the ability to lead and influence the design and direction of our products.
- An ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.
- A growth mindset and a constant curiosity and fearlessness to dive into the unknown.
- An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation.
- Past experience working on crypto or financial products a plus, and while not required, we do look for people who are very passionate about building in this space.
- Experience with building API products a plus, but not required.
- Experience working with blockchain or distributed systems a big plus.

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