Backend Engineer, Financial Connections

## About the Role The Backend Engineer position at Stripe is a critical component of the company's mission to increase the GDP of the internet. As a member of the Financial Connections team, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable bank integration infrastructure. This team is responsible for creating the connective tissue between banks and the internet economy, enabling businesses to access banking data securely and seamlessly. The role entails working across the stack, creating intelligent systems that adapt to the availability of banking partners, and enabling connectivity for new countries and product use cases. You will have the opportunity to work on cross-cutting projects, delivering a next-generation connectivity platform that provides great user experiences. Your work will have a direct impact on the company's broad strategic initiatives and the emerging new businesses. The Financial Connections team is building a platform to make ergonomic, portable access to banking data seamlessly and securely available to businesses around the world. Today, the team powers consumer experiences like Link Instant Bank Payments and merchant experiences like Stripe Capital. As a Backend Engineer, you will be part of a team that is on a mission to help consumers do more with their bank accounts.

## What You Will Do - Scope and lead large technical projects, translating business goals into clear technical requirements and executing effectively - Align the tech stack with Stripe's broad strategic initiatives, while also advocating for the needs of 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, making 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 - Design, build, and maintain scalable bank integration infrastructure - Work across the stack, creating intelligent systems that adapt to the availability of banking partners - Enable connectivity for new countries and product use cases - Deliver a next-generation connectivity platform that provides great user experiences - Play a key role in partnerships with banks and financial institutions

## What We Are Looking For - 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 collaboratively with other teams - Strong communication and interpersonal skills - Experience with cloud-based technologies and agile development methodologies

## Nice to Have - Experience with banking and financial systems - Knowledge of payment processing and related technologies - Familiarity with Stripe's products and services - Experience working in a remote team environment

## Benefits and Perks - Competitive salary and equity package - Comprehensive health insurance and benefits - Flexible PTO and remote work stipend - Access to the latest technologies and tools - Opportunities for professional growth and development - Collaborative and dynamic work environment - Mission-driven company with a strong focus on innovation and customer satisfaction

- To stand out, highlight your experience with large-scale system design and development, as well as your ability to work cross-functionally with other teams.

• Be prepared to discuss your approach to balancing short-term requirements and long-term roadmaps, and how you make decisions that consider business priorities, user experience, and sustainable technical foundations.
• Showcase your knowledge of cloud-based technologies and agile development methodologies.
• Demonstrate your ability to thrive in a remote work environment and your experience working with distributed teams.
• Be prepared to provide examples of complex cross-team projects you have led and shipped end-to-end, and how you measured their success in terms of business impact.
• Research Stripe's products and services, as well as the company culture and values, to show your interest and enthusiasm for the role and the company.