Stripe · 1 week ago
Staff Software Engineer, Stream Infrastructure
Seattle
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expStripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Stream Infrastructure team. The role involves designing and operating event-driven infrastructure centered around Apache Kafka, driving innovation, and improving resilience and reliability at scale.
FinanceFinTechMobile PaymentsSaaS
Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate event-driven infrastructure with Apache Kafka at the center, alongside technologies like Temporal and AWS services
Partner with product and platform teams across Stripe to understand requirements, unblock Kafka adoption, and improve how streaming infrastructure is used end-to-end
Define and implement operational best practices (e.g., shuffle sharding, cellular architecture, load shedding, automated failover) to improve resilience and reliability at scale
Drive fleet-level automation and standardization (“pets” to “cattle”) through self-service workflows, safer rollouts, and self-healing systems that reduce manual operations
Lead initiatives that raise the bar on Kafka availability and durability (e.g., multi-region strategies, disaster recovery readiness, operational readiness reviews, incident learning)
Evaluate and productionize Kafka ecosystem capabilities (e.g., tiered storage, direct-to-s3) to improve cost-efficiency and scalability without compromising reliability
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience building, operating, and evolving large-scale production systems
Experience as a technical lead for team(s) working on distributed systems, including scaling them in fast-moving environments
Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Kafka, Pulsar, Flink, or Pinot
Comfortable operating with high autonomy and ownership
Growth mindset and a willingness to learn quickly, explore ambiguous problem spaces, and dive deep when needed
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear technical documentation
Preferred
Experience operating streaming technologies as a platform (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar, Flink, Pinot) for internal customers at scale
Experience building or operating control planes for managing large-scale infrastructure
Company
Stripe
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.44BKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz,Baillie Gifford,Founders Fund,General Catalyst,MSD Partners,Thrive CapitalAllianz X,AXA Group,Baillie Gifford,Fidelity,National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA),Sequoia CapitalAndreessen Horowitz,General Catalyst
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Leadership Team
Patrick Collison
CEO
Steffan Tomlinson
CFO
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