Stripe is hiring a Backend Engineer, Data in 8122 Data Foundations — Canada. The overview below is synthesized from the employer posting on stripe.com: factual requirements and scope are preserved, but prose is rewritten with editorial context. Verify details and apply via the employer link.
Who we are
About Stripe
Company context from the listing:
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
About the team
Company context from the listing:
The Data Foundations team drives Data Engineering and Data Apps and Tooling work across Stripe, enabling Stripes to leverage data to make informed decisions and build user-centric products. We provide tools and infrastructure to move, store, process, and analyze data, both at rest and in motion.
Team Matching: exact team matching for one of the subteams will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc.
What you'll do
Day-to-day scope for the Backend Engineer, Data as described in the posting:
Every record in our data warehouse is vitally important for the businesses that use Stripe, so we're looking for people with a strong background in software engineering and data to help us scale while maintaining correct and complete data. You'll work with a variety of internal teams across Product, Data Science, and GTM to help them solve their data needs.
Responsibilities
Day-to-day scope for the Backend Engineer, Data as described in the posting:
- Design, develop, and own data pipelines, models, and products that power the Product, Data Science, and GTM functions
- Develop strong subject matter expertise and manage the service level agreements for both data pipelines and full stack web applications that support these critical stakeholders
- Build and refine Stripe's data foundations - infrastructure, pipelines, and tools to enable various teams at Stripe - working with Scala, Spark, and Airflow
- Leverage LLMs and Agents at scale to produce high-quality data on ambiguous problems
- Refine our existing data marts that help the GTM organization forecast the future potential performance of the business and reliably measure ongoing attainment toward targets
- Build data services that track key product metrics and measure the impact of different strategies employed by teams in the field
- Our tech stack is Spark, Scala, Java, SQL, and Python - and while we don't expect everyone on the team to be an expert in all of these, you will work across all of these technologies throughout your tenure on the team.
Who you are
Experience and skills the team lists as required:
The listing frames the Backend Engineer, Data at Stripe as a hands-on product role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
Experience and skills the team lists as required:
- Must have 6+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role, with a focus on building and maintaining data services or data-intensive applications
- A strong engineering background and an interest in data
- Prior experience with writing and debugging data pipelines using a distributed data framework (Spark, Hadoop, Pig, etc.)
- An inquisitive nature in diving into data inconsistencies to pinpoint issues and resolve deep-rooted data quality issues
- Knowledge of a backend development language (such as Scala, Java, or Go) and strong SQL experience
- The ability to communicate cross-functionally, derive requirements, and architect shared datasets
Preferred qualifications
Experience and skills the team lists as required:
- Experience creating and maintaining data marts to power business reporting needs
- Experience working with Product or GTM (Sales and Marketing) teams