175K–235K USD / year
Software Engineer – Backend Engineer – Tax Engineering
BackendHybrid — Seattle, Washington, United States
Published on 2026-11-12
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About this role
Build and maintain large-scale, low-latency backend services and data pipelines for Stripe’s tax engineering work. The role focuses on reliable, highly accurate transaction data flows and collaboration with engineering, product, and tax stakeholders.
About the company
Stripe provides payment infrastructure and financial tools that help businesses accept payments, manage subscriptions, and move money globally. It serves startups through large enterprises with APIs for online and in-person commerce.
The team
Global Operations — Tax Engineering
Stack
JavaRubyScalaPythonKuberneteskubectlSQLMicroservices
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, low-latency services and data pipelines.
- Collaborate across engineering, product, business, and program management, including with tax experts and accountants.
- Build controls that ensure high accuracy across transaction data flows.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a related field, plus 4 years of software engineering experience.
- 3 years writing software with Java, Ruby, or Scala, and using Python for backend logic, data processing, or automation.
- 2 years building scalable backend infrastructure, designing microservices and RESTful services, using Kubernetes and kubectl, and working with SQL at scale.
- 1 year using JavaScript or TypeScript for end-to-end feature delivery and mentoring junior engineers.
Benefits
- Equity
- Company bonus, if applicable
- 401(k) plan
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Wellness stipends