Strong programming skills in Go, with significant experience in other similar system programming languages (C++, Rust, C#, etc) as a potential alternative.3+ years of infrastructure and security experience (can overlap with other experience)Experience in cryptography, PKI, secret management, or other security topicsFamiliarity with infrastructure tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud platformsInterest in security, infrastructure, and software developmentEnthusiasm for learning new technologies and working across multiple programming languagesStrong debugging and problem‑solving skills; the team maintains and troubleshoots integrations across all Stripe languages and infrastructureClear verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with other engineersExperience leading cross‑team projects and building alignment on multi‑team technical directionStrong technical writing skills to write design documentsPreferred qualifications Prior experience building PKI or secret management infrastructure (as an SWE - not just provisioning a 3rd party tool or service)Experience in Java, Ruby, or PythonExperience building developer tools, libraries, or platform servicesExperience with kubernetes internals (how the platform works, not just as a user)Experience operating complex services on AWSExperience in fully remote work environmentsThis role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).Office‑assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. Responsibilities Design and implement significant features in our certificate authority and secrets management systemsWork across Go, Java, Ruby, and Python to implement authentication and secrets infrastructure used by every service at StripeWork with with other engineering teams to understand their needs and design secrets and identity integrationsDevelop certificate provisioning and secret management integrations for various compute platforms (Kubernetes, EC2, developer workstations)Work on reliability improvements to maintain 99.99%+ availability for critical infrastructure; we take pride in making failure modes impossible instead of reacting to themParticipate in on‑call rotation for critical infrastructure, working alongside senior engineers to debug and resolve production issuesWho you are We're looking for a senior candidate who has enough prior experience in security, backend API development, and infrastructure to quickly take responsibility for significant projects.