Staff Backend Engineer

Privy's mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online by building simple, flexible developer tooling that leverages modern cryptography to protect accounts and assets. Engineering at Privy focuses on creating world-class software that transforms complex technical systems into intuitive developer tools, emphasizing open-source work, transparency, and continuous experimentation to empower developers and their users.

Must Have

• 8+ years of experience building and maintaining production systems at scale
• Understanding of modern API development best practices and design
• Experience building data models, managing database migrations, and infrastructure configuration
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Growth mindset, curiosity, and fearlessness to dive into the unknown
• Ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular, and pragmatic code
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation

Good to Have

• Strong preference for experience in an API-based business
• Experience in payments, fintech, or crypto
• Written open-source developer tooling
• Published work (open source code, presentations, blog posts)
• Past experience working in authentication or security

Perks & Benefits

• equity
• company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• medical benefits
• dental benefits
• vision benefits
• wellness stipends

Who we are

About Privy

Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. We build simple, flexible developer tooling that make it easy to build products that put users first. By leveraging modern cryptography, we shift the status quo around digital ownership and protect the accounts and assets of millions of users.

Learn more about Privy: Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone

What you’ll do

Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empower their users.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

• 8+ years of experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
• An understanding of modern API development best practices and design
• Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration
• An ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.
• A growth mindset and a constant curiosity and fearlessness to dive into the unknown.
• An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation.

Preferred qualifications

• Strong preference for experience in an API-based business and in payments, fintech, or crypto.
• Written open-source developer tooling
• Published about your work (open source code, internal or external presentations, blog posts, etc.)
• Past experience working in authentication or security

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in-office expectation, and those in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico and Bengaluru, India work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

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.