Backend Engineer, Financial Connections

About the role

The Financial Connections team is building the connective tissue between banks and the internet economy. We’re building a platform to make ergonomic, portable access to banking data seamlessly and securely available to businesses around the world.

Responsibilities

• Scope and lead large technical projects, translating business goals into clear technical requirements and executing effectively.
• Align our tech stack with Stripe’s broad strategic initiatives, while also advocating for the needs of the emerging new businesses.
• Work with engineers across the company to deliver comprehensive and reliable access to trustworthy banking data.
• Balance the tradeoffs between short-term requirements and long-term roadmaps. Make decisions that consider business priorities, user experience, and sustainable technical foundations.
• Mentor and collaborate with other engineers and managers to grow the next generation of leaders at Stripe.

Requirements

• Strong technical background, including 3+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems
• Comfortable working on a new product under fluid conditions, seamlessly balancing tactical and strategic considerations
• Track record of leading and shipping complex cross-team projects end-to-end — from scoping and design through production and operations
• You measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code
• Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility and an entrepreneurial mindset
• Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels. You are often cited as the inspiration for engineers that join your team
• Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and have a good intuition for what will last and scale
• Care deeply about mentorship and growing engineers

Qualifications

• Preferred qualifications include experience with bank integrations, knowledge of financial regulations, and familiarity with blockchain technologies.

Skills

• Experience with backend development
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

• Equity
• Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Wellness stipends

Pay

• The annual US base salary range for this role is $156,800 - $285,600.

Schedule

• This role is full-time.

Location

• A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. Remote in United States.