Staff Engineer, Compute Foundation

📋 Description

• Lead large, ambiguous infrastructure projects from initial design through production launch, broad
• Set technical direction for the evolution of Stripe's host infrastructure, including how machine
• Design systems and practices that make broad infrastructure changes safe and predictable. Establish
• Lead incident response for the systems the team owns. Systematically reduce operational toil and
• Partner with technical leaders across infrastructure, security, compliance, and service teams to
• Lead critical design reviews and establish standards for the safety, reliability, operability, and

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record of
• Proven ability to lead large, ambiguous infrastructure projects end-to-end - from technical design
• Deep expertise in Linux systems, including boot and initialization, systems, processes, networking
• Strong foundations in cloud compute infrastructure, including machine images, virtual machines
• Experience designing or operating fleet-scale image, host-management, configuration-management, or
• Experience with safe infrastructure rollout practices, including automated validation, canarying