Staff Engineer, Payments

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe 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.

About the team

The Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. 

What you’ll do

Engineers on the team have the opportunity to expand the reach of Stripe’s global payments network, design and implement novel payment capabilities, and deliver best-in-class reliability and performance. 

Learn more about payment methods at Stripe’s Payment Methods Guide.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests
• Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Partner with Engineering Managers to create roadmaps that deliver milestones toward a cohesive engineering vision. 
• Serve as a role model for our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you will encounter
• Arbitrate critical decisions correctly that fully consider software best practices, Stripe system realities, and numerous stakeholders’ preferences and concerns
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization such as experts product, design, infrastructure, and operations
• Teach and mentor the next generation of technical leaders at Stripe

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of experience in a strategic technical leadership role.
• Experience leading engineering team(s) working on API design, abstractions, frameworks, or client libraries (e.g. building internal or external developer products). 
• Proven track record of delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth 
• Ability to adjust conversations from high-level discussions to detailed coding 
• Thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility 
• Clear and persuasive writing and in-person communication 
• Strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, determination, and a growth mindset 
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people, genuinely caring for each other and contributing to high level of psychological safety for all team members and partner

Preferred qualifications

• Prior knowledge in the financial technology space, particularly in payment processing.