Stripe
Backend Engineer, Payments and Risk
Found: November 26, 2025
This role is based in Toronto, Canada.
Compensation:
$155,700 - $281,300/year
What you'll do:
Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs and services that handle billions of money movement requests. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Debug and solve critical production issues across services.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders to build new features.
Minimum requirements:
- 2-12+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong coding skills in any programming language.
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems.
- Knowledge of cloud-based services (e.g., AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).