# Software Engineer, Backend Engineer- Credit Coverage

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $157k – $235k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Ruby, Java, Scala, SQL, gRPC, GraphQL, AWS, MongoDB, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Grafana, Prometheus, unix
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> Build backend systems, APIs, and user experiences for Stripe’s merchant products and infrastructure. The role requires a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of software development experience across multiple languages, cloud services, and data technologies.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems end-to-end.
- Collaborate with engineers, designers, data scientists, and product managers to develop new features and products.
- Uphold high engineering standards and bring consistency to multiple codebases and processes.
- Build elegant APIs and user experiences that enable merchants to run and scale their businesses on Stripe.
- Contribute to the design and architecture of Stripe's next-generation infrastructure to meet the company's and customers' growth needs.

## Requirements

- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of software development experience.
- At least 2 years of experience working across the stack and navigating codebases with different languages and tools.
- At least 2 years of experience developing user-facing experiences and writing queries to analyze experiment results.
- At least 2 years of experience with Ruby, Java, Scala, and SQL.
- At least 2 years of experience with cloud-based services, including gRPC, GraphQL, and AWS.
- Proficiency with MongoDB, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS.
- Experience with macOS and Unix-based operating systems.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Base salary: $156,800.00–$235,200.00 per year.
- Additional benefits may include equity, company bonus, 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision benefits, and wellness stipends.
- 40 hours per week.
- 50% telecommuting permitted.

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