Stripe · 6 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Stream Infrastructure
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$224K/yr - $336K/yr
10+ years expStripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help define and deliver the next generation of their Kafka-first streaming infrastructure. This role involves driving innovation to meet high availability targets and working on complex problems related to operating Kafka in production.
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
Here's some examples of recent work the team has done: 6 Nines and Tiered Storage in Production?
Qualification
Required
This is a Staff-level role - that typically means 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
Benefits
Equity
Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
401(k) plan
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Wellness stipends
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
Tiger Global ManagementThrive CapitalFounders Fund
2025-02-27Secondary Market
2024-04-12Secondary Market· $694.16M
2024-03-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Steffan Tomlinson
CFO
Aitor Guevara
Head Of Engineering
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