Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

The Core Infrastructure team at Stripe is entrusted with developing and maintaining the infrastructure utilized by all product teams to create services that underpin all Stripe business operations. This includes defining and executing a vision that ensures industry-leading scale and availability, and actively balanc...

Our infrastructure supports businesses worldwide by processing payments, managing marketplaces, assisting entrepreneurs in launching internet businesses, and more. The Infrastructure organization comprises teams responsible for operating system components, databases, caching, high availability, disaster recovery, cl...

As a Software Engineer on the Infrastructure team, you will be part of a team that is in charge of building the core infrastructure used by product teams which support our business. Examples include control plane services responsible for managing our primary database and cache infrastructure as well as building automation around managing cloud components for compute, cache, and networking. You will also build a great customer experience for internal Stripe teams that build on your software to power all of our products, globally and at scale.
Design, build, and maintain distributed cloud infrastructure and platform services
Work on scaling, automation, reliability, and observability of infrastructure services
Operate your service, debug issues, and support customers
Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization

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.
5+ years of professional experience in a software development role
Experience building, deploying, and managing infrastructure on a major cloud provider
A strong engineering background in building platform services and/or distributed systems at scale, with a solid grasp of underlying operating system primitives
Experience developing, maintaining, and debugging distributed systems, including diagnosing low-level resource constraints
Experience with operational excellence and modern observability practices, including distributed tracing, structured logging, and system-level metrics
Experience with popular cloud technologies — AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud
Experience with Go or other systems languages (e.g., Rust, C/C++)
Experience with Linux OS internals, performance optimization, and kernel-level troubleshooting
Experience working with Kubernetes clusters and low-level container mechanics
Experience in networking and traffic systems at scale
Experience handling critical incidents for production systems