Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Stripe's Privy team as a technical leader specializing in identity and authentication. You will own the strategy and experience for thousands of developers and tens of millions of users. Your impact will span the entire technology stack, from user management APIs to browser authentication. This role demands a high-powered team player who consistently delivers results. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in building and maintaining large-scale production systems, a deep understanding of API development, and a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. A growth mindset, excellent communication skills, and the ability to write clean, well-tested code are essential.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
• An understanding of modern API development best practices and design
• Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration
• An ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
• A growth mindset and a constant curiosity and fearlessness to dive into the unknown
• An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and experience for Privy's thousands of developers and tens of millions of users
• Impact will be realized across the stack, surrounded by a high-powered team that constantly ships

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong preference for experience in an API-based business and in payments, fintech, or crypto
• Written open-source developer tooling
• Published about your work (open source code, internal or external presentations, blog posts, etc.)
• Past experience working in authentication or security