Full Stack Engineer, Billing

What you'll do We're looking for engineers who want to build the distributed systems, APIs, and backend services that power Stripe's revenue and billing platform. You'll focus on API design and performance, service reliability, and distributed systems challenges, while collaborating across the stack to ship complete solutions for millions of businesses. Responsibilities Scope, architect, and lead technical projects to build and scale distributed backend systems and APIs Design, build, and maintain reliable, high-performance APIs and backend services Own service reliability, including setting performance targets and driving improvements across the stack Debug production issues across distributed services and multiple levels of the stack Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, system performance, and a sustainable technical foundation Teach and mentor engineers to grow into the next generation of leaders at Stripe Partner with engineers and product managers across infrastructure and product teams to deliver well-integrated platform services Who you are We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. Minimum requirements 5+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops) Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job so our interview process is language agnostic) Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success Direct project leadership and mentorship experience. Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, with an entrepreneurial mindset. Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users Preferred qualifications Familiarity with event-driven architectures Experience with subscription management, usage-based billing, or financial reporting systems Interest in financial infrastructure and how businesses manage their revenue operations