Jobs / United States / Stripe
Software Engineer
Stripe · 🇺🇸 Seattle, WA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 64 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Stripe paid sponsored hires in similar roles62 certified filings for “Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in WA: $129k–$212k, median $157k. Most were filed at wage level I (55%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Stripe
The US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 64 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Who we are About Stripe 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 everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. What you’ll do Responsibilities • Conducting technical interviews; • Creating software, tooling and distributed systems for automating and managing data center network hardware and compute stacks; • Creating and operating shared infrastructure for Stripe’s Cardholder data environment; • Deployment tooling; • SOX compliance audit prep interviews, and remediations; • PCI compliance audit prep, interviews, and remediations; • Project management; • Mentoring junior engineers; • On-call responsibilities. Who you are Minimum requirements Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, plus two (2) years of Software Development experience. Position also requires the following: • 2 years of experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and Terraform infrastructure automation; • 2 years of experience with reliability, scalability, and distributed systems principles; • 1 year of experience in Go and Ansible programming languages; • 1 year of experience in Puppet host configuration; • 1 year of experience in Ruby programming language; • 1 year of experience in Python programming language; • 1 year of experience in mentorship and leadership of junior software engineers; • 1 year of experience performing 24/7 on call rotations to support high-availability software systems; • 1 year of experience with monitoring and logging tools; • 1 year of experience with computer network concepts; • 1 year of experience in the knowledge of Linux operating system and subsystems; • 1 year of experience with cloud and application security best practices; and • 1 year of experience with PCI compliance monitoring, audit processes, and evidence collection. Salary: $190,400.00 - $285,600.00/yr 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. 40 hrs/week 50% remote work permitted Multiple Positions Available. 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. WA67 #LI-DNI