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Software Engineer

Stripe
Stripe
Chicago, IL
Sep 4, 2026
173,000 – $259,600/year
+67% vs Illinois average

At a glance

  • 4+ years of experience
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Remote

Job Description

<h2><strong>Who we are</strong></h2>

<h3><strong>About Stripe&nbsp;</strong></h3>

<p>Stripe, LLC. 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.

Our mission

is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.</p>

<h2><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h2>

<h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3>

<ul>

<li>Develop scalable computer systems that manage a large volume of information and use them to fulfill business goals for Stripe and its partners.&nbsp;</li>

<li>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.&nbsp;</li>

<li>Design and build tools that ingest and process signals from various sources to make them more accessible for our partner teams.&nbsp;</li>

<li>Participate in all parts of the software development workflow and see the projects through to completion, including their large-scale deployment.&nbsp;</li>

<li>Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.&nbsp;</li>

<li>Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.&nbsp;</li>

<li>Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.</li>

</ul>

<h2><strong>Who you are</strong></h2>

<h3><strong>Minimum requirements</strong></h3>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Must also have 4 years of experience in each of the following:</p>

<ul>

<li>Building software solutions in Python, Ruby, Objective C, C++, or similar;</li>

<li>Designing, building, and maintaining scalable systems;</li>

<li>Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;</li>

<li>Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack; and,</li>

<li>Distributed systems.</li>

</ul>

<p>Salary: $173,000 - $259,600/yr.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.</p>

<p>40 hrs/week</p>

<p>50% telecommuting permitted.</p>

<p>Multiple Positions Available.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.<strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em>IL40</em></strong></p>

<h3><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>#LI-DNI</strong></h3>

Software Engineer roles in Illinois average $129,706/year, based on 17 active listings on our database.

See the full Illinois job market report →Software Engineer salaries by state →

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Software Engineer job openings by US stateChoropleth map of Software Engineer job openings across US states, based on active listings in our database. California has the most open positions (240), while Idaho has the fewest among states with active listings (1).
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California240
Texas159
Maryland135
Virginia106
New Jersey99
New York81
Florida64
Washington60
Illinois59
Ohio52
Colorado39
Massachusetts33
Minnesota33
Alabama31
Arizona30
Michigan25
Pennsylvania24
North Carolina21
Arkansas20
Georgia20
Tennessee19
Delaware14
Nevada13
Missouri12
Oklahoma12
Indiana10
Utah10
Kansas7
Oregon7
Wisconsin7
Connecticut6
Maine6
South Carolina5
West Virginia5
Hawaii4
Iowa4
Kentucky3
New Mexico3
Montana2
Nebraska2
Idaho1

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