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Stripe Software Engineer Intern (Summer or Winter): Eligibility & How to Apply

Stripe's US software engineering internship for summer or winter terms, in which interns ship production code to Stripe's payments infrastructure.

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College yearYear not stated; 1+ year preferred
CompensationPaid
Location / arrangementNew York, Seattle, South San FranciscoOffice-based; at least 50% in office
Availability at reviewPosting available at review

Who can apply?

  • The posting requires a strong computer science foundation through pursuit of a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, math or a related discipline, plus programming experience from side projects or classwork.
  • It also asks for experience from previous internships or multi-person projects, including open-source contributions, and lists at least one year of university education, or equivalent work experience, as preferred.
  • Stripe's emerging-talent page says GPA matters and is factored into review, and that Stripe recruits from schools where it has consistently seen strong performance while noting that strong hires come from everywhere.
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Stripe says internships can lead to full-time roles but that conversion is selective and not guaranteed. Judge the internship on its own merits rather than as an assured route to a job.

Dates, pay & program timing

No universal cutoff confirmed

The posting covers summer or winter terms and lists New York, Seattle and the South San Francisco headquarters. It states an annual US base salary range of $123,500 to $123,500 — an annualized rate, not a total for the internship. Stripe says office-assigned staff are generally expected in the office at least 50% of each month and that internship interview scheduling typically follows local academic calendars. No deadline is published.

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How to apply to Stripe

  1. Read the posting's minimum requirements and decide whether you are applying for a summer or a winter term.
  2. Apply as early as you can — Stripe recommends applying to all its roles as early as possible — and include your GPA, since Stripe says it is factored into review.
  3. Expect interviews scheduled around your academic calendar, and confirm the office and term in writing if you receive an offer.
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How to prepare a stronger application

Stripe works mostly in Ruby, Java, JavaScript, Go and Scala, and the posting says new languages can be learned when the fundamentals are there. Rather than claiming those languages, show one project where you learned an unfamiliar codebase or tool quickly and explain how you got oriented.

The posting stresses giving and receiving feedback through code reviews and design discussions. A link to a pull request where you responded to review comments, or a short account of one, says more here than a list of technologies.

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