Is Stripe a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Stripe have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 209 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Stripe employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Stripe now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Stripe .

Does Stripe pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Stripe with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 209 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Stripe.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Stripe?

53% of Software Developer employees at Stripe would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 19% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Stripe with a 2.8 rating for work-life-balance, 3.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.7 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Stripe?

Software Engineer (215) , Account Executive (83) , Senior Software Engineer (37) , Program Manager (30) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (27) , Product Manager (23) , Operations Associate (21) , Software Engineer(Internship) (21) , Recruiter (18) , SWE Intern (16) , Manager (15) , Operations Manager (14) , Data Scientist (12) , Product Support Specialist (12) , Sales (12)

What are the pros of working at Stripe according to real employee reviews?

"+ people are smart and very humble" ((in 212 reviews)); "Great benefits and remote allowed." ((in 148 reviews)); "Colleague are smart" ((in 52 reviews)); "Great leadership and product overall" ((in 42 reviews)); "Good compensation (I got SRUs)." ((in 40 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Stripe according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance means that teammates don't support each other at all and it's very competitive." ((in 86 reviews)); "Some managers have no experience and are bad at managing" ((in 47 reviews)); "lack of effective means to express concerns about poor management without fear of retaliation or with confidence it" ((in 41 reviews)); "Hours were long and draining" ((in 20 reviews)); "Annual layoffs signal at stack" ((in 19 reviews))

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Stripe Software Developer reviews

3.7

53% would recommend to a friend

(209 total reviews)

Patrick Collison

69% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

2.9

Senior management

2.8

Work/Life balance

Software Developer employees have rated Stripe with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 209 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Stripe is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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209 reviews

1.0

Oct 28, 2025

Steer clear of this toxicity

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brand name, good food, decent money

Cons

Stripe cofounders run the toxicity chain, hire to fire, and get rid of employees before their stock vests. The ship has sailed for IPO.

3.0

Oct 23, 2025

Good

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good engineering group, freedom for work

Cons

Too many middle managers, too much focus on non existent metrics polluting the actual work being done - small changes developers turn in a shipped email - seen ship mails where they change data type from integer to double and found some wins

2.0

Oct 5, 2025

High Pay, High Pressure, and a Culture That Stifles

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Salary and benefits are above market - Codebase is unit-tested to a fault, CI/CD pipeline is sold - Bufo, the LLM doc chatbot is a lifesaver for digging through internals - Customer support dashboard and observability tools are loaded with goodies - Big platform team handles all the scalability heavy lifting

Cons

- Processes and tools are decided for you, hardly any space for smarts or creativity. - Codebase is a tens-of-GB Sorbet-typed Ruby disaster. Leaders flex on 9.99999% uptime, but it means everything's in-house bespoke junk that you'll never see in your next job. - No chill between projects. deadlines are savage, everyone's fried and too slammed to help a teammate. Management's a fear machine. Question them and you're gone. Seen solid folks booted for nothing. - Annual layoffs signal at stack-ranking by naive metrics (lines of code?), forcing even top seniors to grind code instead of leading. - Security's a straitjacket: No unapproved installs, even browser extensions! They raid laptops and grill frequently. - Bug-triaging nightmare from rushed, tangled spaghetti code.

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