Staff Software Engineer, CAP
Core
Evolving the Compartments and Accounts Platform (CAP) architecture to support Stripe's long-term growth, serving as the source of truth for all merchant and connection information.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Platform Architecture)
Builds
Highly scalable and reliable services handling hundreds of thousands of requests per second for Stripe Organizations and connected products.
Domain
Financial infrastructure / Distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Technical visioning, distributed computing systems, hands-on system design, engineering standards, mentorship, stakeholder collaboration
Preferred skills
Microservices architecture design, Java or Ruby
Technologies
Java, Ruby
Responsibilities
Create long-term technical vision and identify incremental delivery paths; Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and performant services; Make significant hands-on contributions to critical projects; Lead by example to uphold high engineering standards; Mentor and coach individual contributors and managers.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership