Backend Engineer, Developer SDKs

Stripe is hiring a Backend Engineer, Developer SDKs in Toronto, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Stripe.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Golang, Node.js and Stripe Cli.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
Level lists 720 other open roles at Stripe.

AI in this role

Own and improve open-source SDKs, code generation frameworks, and API developer experiences at Stripe.

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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

Our team owns open-source SDKs that reflect the Stripe API in seven different programming languages. A vast majority of server-side Stripe integrations are built using our open-source SDKs. Our team also owns an in-house code generation framework, which we use to generate not just the SDKs, but the code snippets in our documentation and the commands in Stripe Shell, which is an in-browser version of the Stripe CLI.

We are dedicated to providing a world-class experience for developers using our SDKs. We influence how Stripe authors and releases APIs so that SDKs and documentation represent them in a user-friendly way. We want to collaborate with and help our friends in the Stripe community who build and maintain SDKs in programming languages that we don't support.

What you’ll do

In this role, you'll have an opportunity to shape the experience of developers using Stripe SDKs that power over 80% of the payment volume at Stripe.

Be the Golang expert on the team, representing the needs of the Golang community and ensuring we build experiences that are idiomatic
Use your Node.js expertise to improve our code generation framework and work toward a future where we open source it to make it easier for third-party Stripe SDK owners to maintain their libraries
Collaborate with various Stripe teams to release their APIs in the SDKs and improve the efficiency of the release process
Help streamline the API authoring process at Stripe
Support our users reaching out to us on the open-source GitHub repositories for our SDKs
Add support for new language features in SDKs
Help lead the API design process at Stripe, providing guidance to product teams as they seek to produce powerful and intuitive abstractions that surface through our SDKs
Collaborate, mentor, and provide support to other team members

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

6+ years in engineering across a wide range of products
3+ years of experience as a Golang software engineer
An interest in working with multiple programming languages
A passion for API design and developer experience

Preferred qualifications

Experience in PHP and Ruby
Experience building libraries and/or SDKs
Knowledge of Open API spec and protobuf

How we rate this

Backend Engineer, Developer SDKs at Stripe rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Key facts

Backend Engineer, Developer SDKs is an open job at Stripe.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Toronto, NY, SEA, SF.
The job was posted on June 30, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Stripe. Apply on Stripe

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Pay

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