Backend Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering

Join Stripe's Forward Deployed Engineering team as a Backend Engineer to work on complex enterprise problems, build reusable platform solutions, and shape how forward deployed engineering works as a discipline. Work alongside AI agents to serve users at scale, engage directly with users to understand their revenue, billing, and payments requirements, and build across product boundaries. Build reusable solutions, provide architectural guidance, and inform the product roadmap.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on backend systems.
• Proven ability to design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure systems.
• Strong command of distributed systems, API design, and data modeling.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly grasp complex technical and business domains.
• Clear communicator, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical stakeholders including external users.
• Track record of working well in collaborative environments with product managers, TPMs, and other engineers.
• Willingness to engage directly with users to understand requirements and co-develop solutions.
• Willingness to travel (~20-30%) to Stripe sites (Toronto, SF, Seattle) and user locations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• 401(k)
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan