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Is Stripe still hiring during COVID-19?

by sjunlee 6y ago

pc 6y ago
Yes!
- eiopa 6y ago
  Although they are particularly picky at the moment, which makes sense given the situation. Anecdotally, I couldn't get an interview, even though I had an offer from them in the past.
- wikibob 6y ago
  How many headcount do you have open for SRE?
  - patio11 6y ago
    Stripe doesn’t make the distinction between software engineers and SREs that some firms do. We’re all responsible for shipping things that work for our customers, regardless of whether we’re working on a product team or an infrastructure team. You can see our open roles at https://stripe.com/jobs/search?t=engineering https://stripe.com/jobs/search?t=engineering (some corresponding to multiple people). They’re very real. We hire hundreds of engineers every year.
    - wikibob 6y ago
      Thanks for the info about the team structure Patrick! Hope you're staying safe out there
    - ahh 6y ago
      I should point out that the way you phrased it sounds very much like "Yeah, you're gonna carry a pager and like it. Deal with it." This, if true, entirely disqualifies Stripe for me as a potential employee; I am not interested in ever being on call, unless I'm getting an absurd slice of the upside that a company Stripe's size is not offering. Do you want to clarify your phrasing or is that actually how you operate? :(
- mikaelmello 6y ago
  Hello! Do you have plans for more new grad positions?
crtlaltdel 6y ago
quite a few shops are hiring rn. i’ve been told google plans on easing up on hiring over the rest of 2020, but it wasn’t described to me as a freeze. there are a bunch of startups that managed to close funding before this broke open, they’ve been hiring as well if thats your thing
- yellow_postit 6y ago
  Google wouldn’t describe it as a freeze. “Pause”, “slow down”, “recalibration” are all great euphemisms because unless you are super hard up on cash you are going to have critical roles to fill or backfill and the PR hit on a “freeze” is and unforced error.
steveklabnik 6y ago
I've seen at least two of my friends take a new job there in the past week, FWIW. Both amazing people.

Is Stripe still hiring during COVID-19?

pc 6y ago

Yes!

eiopa 6y ago
Although they are particularly picky at the moment, which makes sense given the situation. Anecdotally, I couldn't get an interview, even though I had an offer from them in the past.
wikibob 6y ago
How many headcount do you have open for SRE?
- patio11 6y ago
  Stripe doesn’t make the distinction between software engineers and SREs that some firms do. We’re all responsible for shipping things that work for our customers, regardless of whether we’re working on a product team or an infrastructure team. You can see our open roles at https://stripe.com/jobs/search?t=engineering https://stripe.com/jobs/search?t=engineering (some corresponding to multiple people). They’re very real. We hire hundreds of engineers every year.
  - wikibob 6y ago
    Thanks for the info about the team structure Patrick! Hope you're staying safe out there
  - ahh 6y ago
    I should point out that the way you phrased it sounds very much like "Yeah, you're gonna carry a pager and like it. Deal with it." This, if true, entirely disqualifies Stripe for me as a potential employee; I am not interested in ever being on call, unless I'm getting an absurd slice of the upside that a company Stripe's size is not offering. Do you want to clarify your phrasing or is that actually how you operate? :(
mikaelmello 6y ago
Hello! Do you have plans for more new grad positions?

crtlaltdel 6y ago

quite a few shops are hiring rn. i’ve been told google plans on easing up on hiring over the rest of 2020, but it wasn’t described to me as a freeze. there are a bunch of startups that managed to close funding before this broke open, they’ve been hiring as well if thats your thing

yellow_postit 6y ago
Google wouldn’t describe it as a freeze. “Pause”, “slow down”, “recalibration” are all great euphemisms because unless you are super hard up on cash you are going to have critical roles to fill or backfill and the PR hit on a “freeze” is and unforced error.

steveklabnik 6y ago

I've seen at least two of my friends take a new job there in the past week, FWIW. Both amazing people.