Software Engineer - Full stack

Stripe is hiring a Software Engineer - Full stack in Seattle, United States. It pays $157k-$235k a year and 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.
The posting mentions Ruby, React and TypeScript among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a mid-level role.
Stripe has 736 other open roles on Level.
Posted in the last few days.

AI in this role

Design, build, and maintain billing APIs, services, and systems across Stripe's engineering teams.

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Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe, LLC. 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.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Design, build, productionize, and maintain APls, services, and systems across Stripe's engineering teams using Ruby, React, Typescript, and other programming languages.
Predict and measure the performance and outcomes of designed systems.
Collaborate with engineers and other cross-functional roles across the company to build new billing features at large-scale to make it easier for businesses to collect and manage their payments.
Analyze user needs, feedback, and product requirements to determine technical specifications and the feasibility of design and implementation, taking cost and time constraints into account.
Implement technical designs through a series of programming tasks while upholding high engineering standards.
Implement unit, functional, and integration tests to prevent bugs and regressions.
Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes ensuring operational excellence and contribute to team's on-call rotation.
Debug and identify the root cause of errors in a complex system across multiple service components.
Provide mentorship and help onboard and spin up new hires for the team.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Human-computer interaction or a related field, plus 2 years of experience in Software Engineering.

Must also have 2 years of experience in each of the following:

Working with Ruby, React, Typescript, Java and Golang;
Using SQL to perform data analysis;
Working with API development to provide emergency response, and debugging production issues across services;
Performing latency analysis;
Designing architecture and system design proposals;
Writing user-facing documentation and technical integration guides; and
Translating business needs into software requirements and designs, and implementing industry standard design patterns.

Salary: $156,800.00 - $235,200.00/yr.

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

50% Telecommuting permitted.

Multiple Positions Available.

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. WA76

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How we rate this

Software Engineer - Full stack 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

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Software Engineer - Full stack is an open job at Stripe.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $157k-$235k a year.
The role is based in Seattle, WA.
The job was posted on October 28, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Stripe. Apply on Stripe

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Full Stack DevelopmentAPI DevelopmentSystem DesignRubyReactTypeScriptJavaGolang

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Pay

This job starts at: $157k
Typical software engineer job: $167k

This posting starts 6% below the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs

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What's a project where you used Ruby hands-on?
Walk me through how you've used React in your day-to-day work.

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