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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Stripe, Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $173,000.0 - $259,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Objective-C (Programming Language), Ruby, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Build Management, Stripe, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/5c7ce750-d93d-47d2-a64a-82b3979f3a54

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus 4 years of experience in Software Development or a related occupation. Employer is willing to accept a 3 or 4 year US or foreign degree.

Must also have 4 years of experience in each of the following:

 * Building software solutions in Python, Ruby, Objective C, C++, or similar;
 * Designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems;
 * Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;
 * Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack; and,
 * Distributed systems.

## Description

* Develop scalable computer systems that manage a large volume of information and use them to fulfill business goals for Stripe and its partners.
 * Design, implement and deploy adaptable rules systems that use this information to output internal assessments, perform scoring, and derive automated actions for mitigating financial risk and increase the efficiency of Stripe's global risk mitigation program.
 * Design and build tools that ingest and process signals from various sources to make them more accessible for our partner teams.
 * Participate in all parts of the software development workflow and see the projects through to completion, including their large-scale deployment.
 * Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
 * Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
 * Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe's engineering teams.

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