Job Description
The Senior Staff Software Engineer shapes Developer Infrastructure at Stripe, defining policies for productivity in languages like Ruby and Go. Millions of Stripe businesses rely on high uptime systems, accelerating revenue growth through reliable tools. This position drives AI strategies for coding assistants, enhancing engineer output in distributed setups.
Stripe offers payment infrastructure for enterprises and startups, processing billions in transactions. They employ thousands in roles using Terraform and Kubernetes. The company focuses on GDP growth for the internet via compliant, secure platforms.
Employees craft strategies for engineer practices, collaborating on pain points with product and infrastructure teams. Tasks involve mentoring staff, executing AI deployments, and optimizing reliability with metrics in dashboards. Interactions include cross-functional partners and stakeholders, navigating complexity. A challenge is balancing productivity measurements with ambiguity in fast-changing environments
Annual US salary ranges from $267,000 to $400,400, with equity and possible bonuses. Benefits include 401(k), medical, dental, vision, and wellness stipends. Hybrid work requires at least 50% in-office presence, varying by location like Bucharest 80% or Mumbai 100%. No standard hours specified, with events and meetings encouraged.
Responsibilities
- Define architectural strategies for infrastructure
- Collaborate on initiatives
- Manage teams and mentor
- Execute productivity measuring strategies
- Develop AI deployment strategies
- Engage in on-call rotation
- Use build systems like Bazel
- Work with AWS or cloud options
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science or related
- 13+ years DevOps automation experience
- Building developer tools and CI/CD systems
- Leading cross-team projects
- Optimizing distributed systems reliability
- Mentoring engineers
- Distributed systems development and debugging
- Driving operational excellence with metrics
- University degree
- Adaptive in fast-paced settings