Backend Engineer, Data

Who we areAbout StripeStripe 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.About The TeamThe Data Foundations team drives Data Engineering and Data Apps & Tooling work across Stripe, enabling Stripes to leverage data to make informed decisions and build user-centric products. We provide tools and infrastructure to move, store, process, and analyze data, both at rest and in motion. We are looking for talented data-minded software engineers to help us manage business-critical data leveraged across the entire organization. If you are passionate about data, excited about designing data pipelines and data-driven user experiences, and motivated by having an outsized impact on the business, we want to hear from you.Team Matching: exact team matching for one of the subteams will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found here.What you’ll doEvery record in our data warehouse is vitally important for the businesses that use Stripe, so we’re looking for people with a strong background in software engineering and data to help us scale while maintaining correct and complete data. You’ll be working with a variety of internal teams across Product, Data Science, and GTM to help them solve their data needs. Your work will provide visibility into how these stakeholders and the Data Foundations organization are performing and how we can deliver a better experience to Stripe's customers.ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, and own data pipelines, models, and products that power the Product, Data Science, and GTM functionsDevelop strong subject matter expertise and manage the SLAs for both data pipelines and full stack web applications that support these critical stakeholdersBuild and refine Stripe's data foundations - infrastructure, pipelines, and tools to enable various teams at Stripe - working with Scala, Spark, and AirflowLeverage LLM and Agents at scale to produce high-quality data on ambiguous problemsRefine our existing data marts that help the GTM organization forecast the future potential performance of the business and reliably measure ongoing attainment toward targetsBuild data services that track key product metrics and measure the impact of different strategies employed by teams in the fieldOur tech stack is Spark, Scala, Java, SQL, and Python - and while we don’t expect everyone on the team to be an expert in all of these, you will work across all of these technologies throughout your tenure on the teamWho you areWe’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.Minimum RequirementsMust have 6+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role, with a focus on building and maintaining data services, or data-intensive applications. A strong engineering background and are interested in dataPrior experience with writing and debugging data pipelines using a distributed data framework (Spark / Hadoop / Pig etc)An inquisitive nature in diving into data inconsistencies to pinpoint issues, and resolve deep rooted data quality issuesKnowledge of a backend development language (such as Scala, Java, or Go) and strong SQL experienceThe ability to communicate cross-functionally, derive requirements and architect shared datasetsA strong engineering background and an interest in dataPreferred RequirementsExperience creating and maintaining Data Marts to power business reporting needsExperience working with Product or GTM (Sales/Marketing) teamsIn-office expectationsOffice-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.Pay and benefitsThe annual US base salary range for this role is $156,800 - $235,200. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.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.