2 months ago
Responsibilities
- Design and build backend systems for wallets, identity, and onchain infrastructure at scale.
- Create platform primitives and APIs used by teams across Privy and Stripe.
- Lead complex technical initiatives across architecture, data, and distributed systems.
- Improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of the core platform.
- Contribute to technical direction through high-leverage engineering work.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building and maintaining production systems at scale.
- Understanding of modern API development best practices and design.
- Experience with data modeling, database migrations, and infrastructure configuration.
- Ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code while moving quickly.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with curiosity and adaptability.
- Preferred: experience in API-driven payments, fintech, or crypto businesses.
- Preferred: experience contributing to open-source developer tooling or publishing technical work.
- Preferred: experience with blockchain protocols and smart contracts.
- Preferred: experience in authentication, identity, or security.
About Stripe
Stripe builds financial infrastructure for internet businesses, offering APIs and tools for online and in‑person payments, subscriptions, marketplaces/payouts, fraud prevention, identity, tax, issuing, and treasury. It monetizes through per‑transaction fees and SaaS pricing for advanced products. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in South San Francisco, Stripe is privately held and serves companies from startups to large enterprises worldwide.