Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure
Core
Design, build, and maintain distributed cloud infrastructure and platform services that support Stripe's global business operations, including control plane services for databases, caching, compute, and networking.
Role type
Senior IC software engineer (core infrastructure)
Builds
Distributed cloud infrastructure, platform services, automation tools, and observability systems for compute, cache, and networking
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, platform engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
distributed systems design, cloud infrastructure management, platform service development, operational excellence, observability practices
Preferred skills
Go/Rust/C/C++ systems programming, Linux OS internals, Kubernetes cluster management, networking at scale, incident response
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, Kubernetes, Linux, distributed tracing, structured logging
Responsibilities
Design and build distributed cloud infrastructure and platform services; Scale, automate, and ensure reliability of infrastructure services; Operate services, debug issues, and support internal customers; Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization
Seniority
Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC