Software Engineer, Bridge

Stripe is creating an entirely new payments platform called Bridge, which simplifies global money movement using stablecoins. The Software Engineer will have the autonomy to work on global projects, focusing on building reliable infrastructure and improving product offerings for partners and end users.

Responsibilities:

• Ship software to build out our suite of API products
• Take sole ownership of projects, oftentimes without the support of Product Management, and liaise both internally with teams like Legal/Compliance and externally with our partners and developers
• Look for constant improvements to our product offerings with the explicit goal of improving the experience for our partners and end users
• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Improve engineering standards, tooling and processes for the team and our broader org

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience
• Experience building backend systems with SQL databases
• An enlarged sense of ownership and the ability to lead and influence the design and direction of our products
• An ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
• A growth mindset and a constant curiosity and fearlessness to dive into the unknown
• An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation
• Experience with frameworks such as Rails, Django, Express or equivalent
• Past experience working on crypto or financial products
• Experience with building API products
• Experience working with blockchain or distributed systems