Staff Software Engineer – High Availability, Disaster Recovery

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +4 more locations.

📋 Description

• Design and implement global high-availability and disaster-recovery architectures for latency-sensitive, stateful applications.

• Create and construct distributed systems that deliver resilient solutions for customers.

• Examine Mongo write concerns and reduce cross-region TLS handshakes.

• Develop automated systems for disaster detection and failover processes.

• Collaborate with leaders and engineers across Stripe to enhance reliability standards.

• Define, design, implement, and deploy robust distributed services.

• Create and implement products and prototypes that enhance service resiliency, engineering velocity, and large-scale management.

• Mentor and cultivate technical leaders within the organization.

• Contribute to engineering strategies, tooling, processes, and organizational culture.

• Maintain engineering standards and enhance the codebase and workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years in distributed and cloud-native software development within a highly-scaled or hyperscaler environment.

• Profound knowledge of scalable, resilient, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and mission-critical systems.

• Proven experience in influencing, planning, scoping, and managing large-scale projects across multiple teams.

• Ability to excel in a collaborative setting with diverse stakeholders and subject matter experts.

• Exceptional autonomy and responsibility; entrepreneurial, proactive, and self-motivated attitude.

• A strong track record as a technical leader and mentor across various engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Generous paid time off and flexible work arrangements.

• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

• Engaging work environment with a focus on innovation and collaboration.