Software Engineer
Stripe
Seattle, WA · Posted October 9, 2026
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Where Seattle, WA ranks
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Pacific Northwest1,720 openings · of 14
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Pacific Northwest316 jobs · of 8
- #2Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Pacific Northwest26% · of 16
- #2Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the West Coast1,720 openings · of 60
- #2Best cities for energy and utilities pay after cost of living$180k · of 18
- #2Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Pacific Northwest17% · of 12
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,318 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
Pay compared with the market
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How AI is used in this kind of work
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About the job
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe, LLC. is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
What you’ll do
Responsibilities
Conducting technical interviews;
Creating software, tooling and distributed systems for automating and managing data center network hardware and compute stacks;
Creating and operating shared infrastructure for Stripe’s Cardholder data environment;
Deployment tooling;
SOX compliance audit prep interviews, and remediations;
PCI compliance audit prep, interviews, and remediations;
Project management;
Mentoring junior engineers;
On-call responsibilities.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, plus two (2) years of Software Development experience. Position also requires the following:
2 years of experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and Terraform infrastructure automation;
2 years of experience with reliability, scalability, and distributed systems principles;
1 year of experience in Go and Ansible programming languages;
1 year of experience in Puppet host configuration;
1 year of experience in Ruby programming language;
1 year of experience in Python programming language;
1 year of experience in mentorship and leadership of junior software engineers;
1 year of experience performing 24/7 on call rotations to support high-availability software systems;
1 year of experience with monitoring and logging tools;
1 year of experience with computer network concepts;
1 year of experience in the knowledge of Linux operating system and subsystems;
1 year of experience with cloud and application security best practices; and
1 year of experience with PCI compliance monitoring, audit processes, and evidence collection.
Salary: $190,400.00 - $285,600.00/yr
This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.
40 hrs/week
50% remote work permitted
Multiple Positions Available.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. WA67
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