Infrastructure Engineer, Privy

Who we are

About Privy

Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. To do so, we build simple, flexible APIs and tools for developers that make it easy to build new products on crypto rails.

Privy owns the abstractions and infrastructure layer above wallets, integrating across chains, third-party providers, and Stripe products like Treasury and Link. We get to solve hard technical problems while leveraging Stripe's distribution to reach customers like Ramp, Klarna, Deel, Kraken, Hyperliquid, and Fomo — powering experiences for both mainstream users and crypto natives.

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

About The Team

Engineering at Privy is distinguished by:

• High urgency: Shipping very small iterations, very fast, to learn very quickly.
• Product taste: Our customers are developers, and to build effective products for them requires technical knowledge - you will often be "the PM".
• Security mindset: A great portion of our product is trust. While we have a dedicated security team, every engineer brings security to their designs from the start.

In practice, we use boring technology like Node, React, and AWS so we can focus our engineering energy entirely on pushing the boundaries of Privy's core product, e.g. through hardware enclaves, multi-region low latency APIs, and blockchain abstractions that are accessible to mainstream developers.

What you’ll do

• Manage and architect multi-tenant infrastructure that serves billions of requests every month
• Design our build and deploy systems across the stack, from SDKs to apps to high-traffic APIs to complex secure enclaves, and more – all for a team that ships daily
• Drive observability across our product and help keep our systems up and performant in our role in the most critical parts of our customers' stacks
• Advocate for making the right technical investments at the right time in a company with ever-evolving technical needs

Who you are

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in building highly available production systems
• Knowledge of Typescript or Python, Terraform or similar, Cloudflare, and AWS infrastructure
• An understanding of modern web and API development best practices
• Experience building delightfully simple developer experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• An ability to quickly learn new skills and take on new challenges
• Experience at rapidly growing startups and the flexibility it requires
• Excitement about authentication, security, or in web3
• An understanding of EC2 Nitro Enclaves and ASGs/Kubernetes

In-office expectations

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 Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland 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.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $190,400 - $285,600. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

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.