Senior Staff Engineer

Summary

Join Stripe's Infrastructure team as a Senior Staff Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Stripe's Core Infrastructure. Lead the design, planning, construction, and maintenance of crucial systems. Collaborate with engineers across the company to build large-scale capabilities and enhance internal engineering standards. Mentor and cultivate the next generation of technical leaders. Influence roadmap planning and prioritization. Debug production issues and focus on scaling and automating infrastructure services. Collaborate with leadership to identify and prioritize infrastructure needs.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field
• 15+ years of professional experience in a software development or DevOps automation role
• A strong engineering background in distributed infrastructure and/or platform services, including one or more of the following: storage, databases, compute, networking
• Experience leading projects on a cross-team and company-wide scale
• Experience optimizing the reliability and security of distributed systems
• Experience scaling and migrating systems with little to no downtime
• Experience mentoring engineers at various stages in their careers
• Experience developing, maintaining, and debugging distributed systems
• Experience driving a culture of operational excellence, with a deep understanding of metrics, alerts, and dashboards

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, planning, construction, and maintenance of Compute, Storage, and Networking systems utilized throughout Stripe
• Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making across Core Infrastructure, various Infrastructure teams, and Stripe's platform and product teams
• Mentor and cultivate the next generation of technical leaders at Stripe
• Influence and participate in roadmap planning and prioritization
• Debug production issues across services and various levels of the stack
• Focus on scaling and automating infrastructure services
• Spearhead initiatives to enhance reliability and observability
• Collaborate with the leadership team to identify current and future infrastructure needs across Stripe, understand specific requirements, and prioritize both short-term and long-term solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a development team in AWS/Azure/OCI/Google
• Experience with AWS network components (VPC, security groups, DNS Route 53, NLB, gateways, etc.)
• Experience with databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MySQL)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with Terraform