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Staff Software Engineer, Stream Infrastructure

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe 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 team

The Stream Infrastructure team builds and operates Stripe’s real-time, event-driven platform that powers asynchronous communication between services and high-throughput streaming workloads across the company. We run globally distributed systems with high reliability and performance to meet Stripe’s scaling, availability, and product needs. The team operates dozens of Apache Kafka clusters with industry-leading reliability and efficiency, and we continually reduce operational toil by investing in automation and self-service tooling for upgrades, maintenance, and day-to-day operations. The team is distributed between Seattle, Toronto and remote locations.

What you’ll do

You’ll partner with other infrastructure engineers, leaders on adjacent teams, as well as product engineers and managers who depend on our platform to define and deliver the next generation of Stripe’s streaming infrastructure. You’ll help set a long-term technical direction that scales with Stripe’s growth while enabling reliable, efficient operations for years to come.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate event-driven infrastructure, leveraging technologies like Apache Kafka, Temporal, and AWS services 
  • Collaborate with teams across Stripe to understand their requirements, unblock adoption, and identify opportunities to improve how streaming infrastructure is used
  • Define and implement Kafka operational best practices—such as shuffle sharding, cellular architecture, and load shedding—to improve resilience and reliability at scale
  • Drive a shift from “pets” to “cattle”: build automation, standardized workflows, and self-healing systems that reduce manual operations

Who you are

We’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 requirements

  • 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 qualifications

  • 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

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is CA$208,000 - CA$312,000. This range may change if you are hired in another location. 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 specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

Office locations

Toronto

Remote locations

Remote in Canada

Team

Infrastructure & Corporate Tech

Job type

Full time

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At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.