Software Engineer

Summary

Join Stripe's Secrets Infrastructure team as a software engineer and contribute to the security foundation of our platform. You will design and implement features in our certificate authority and secrets management systems, working across multiple programming languages (Go, Java, Ruby, Python). Collaborate with other engineering teams to understand their needs and integrate our solutions into their workflows. Maintain and improve the reliability of critical infrastructure, aiming for 99.99%+ availability. Participate in on-call rotations to resolve production issues. This role offers opportunities to learn and grow within a supportive and technically rigorous team environment.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong programming skills in at least one of: Go, Java, Ruby, or Python
• Strong experience in other similar system programming languages is a potential alternative
• Interest in security, infrastructure, and software development
• Ability to work effectively with engineers across different teams and communicate technical concepts clearly
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and working across multiple programming languages
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; the team maintains and troubleshoots integrations across all Stripe languages and infrastructure
• Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with other engineers
• Strong technical writing skills to write design documents

Responsibilities

• Design and implement significant features in our certificate authority and secrets management systems
• Work across Go, Java, Ruby, and Python to implement authentication and secrets infrastructure used by every service at Stripe
• Work with with other engineering teams to understand their needs and design secrets and identity integrations
• Develop certificate provisioning and secret management integrations for various compute platforms (Kubernetes, EC2, developer workstations)
• Work on reliability improvements to maintain 99.99%+ availability for critical infrastructure; we take pride in making failure modes impossible instead of reacting to them
• Participate in on-call rotation for critical infrastructure, working alongside senior engineers to debug and resolve production issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with Go is helpful - the key services we run are in Go
• Experience with or coursework in cryptography, PKI, or other security topics
• Familiarity with infrastructure tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, or cloud platforms
• Experience building developer tools, libraries, or platform services
• Background in systems programming or infrastructure development
• Prior experience in fully remote work environments