Stripe · 2 months ago
Demo Engineer
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expStripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, aiming to increase the GDP of the internet. The Demo Engineer will create and manage on-stage product demos for key product launches, collaborating with various teams to ensure technical excellence and narrative impact.
FinanceFinTechMobile PaymentsSaaS
Responsibilities
Own the creation of all keynote demos (code and dashboard) across Stripe’s portfolio, from concept to live delivery, ensuring each demo maps to the keynote narrative and business goals
Partner with Product and Engineering to scope each demo: define technical requirements, dependencies, and success criteria; storyboard flows that showcase the key details of each product
Work closely with PMM, Comms, and Product to align each demo to key story beats in the keynote script
Architect and build robust demo apps and environments (frontend, backend, services, data pipelines)
Sweat the details: configure environments, provision accounts, set realistic sample data, and wire integrations/webhooks
Build internal tooling and frameworks to accelerate and safeguard make demo production
Collaborate with Design and Marketing to craft clear, legible on‑screen moments and create supporting assets (screens, snippets, animations, backup videos)
Orchestrate demo rehearsals and run‑of‑show, and train our on-stage demoers
Travel to be onsite for flagship events (SF and NY) and key Tour events; support live ops during show days, including non‑standard hours
Qualification
Required
5+ years in software engineering (or equivalent)
Experience in demo engineering, solutions architecture, sales engineering, or developer relations is a plus
Flexibility. Willing to travel (20–30%) and support non‑standard hours around major events
Preferred
An engineer–storyteller. You can turn complex capabilities into crisp, memorable moments
Full‑stack capable. Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript (Node/React) and/or Python; comfortable with APIs, webhooks, OAuth, and data stores (e.g., Postgres/Redis); familiar with common deployment infrastructure, such as GCP and AWS
A builder. You have experience integrating Stripe or other RESTful APIs into web applications, and can quickly build high quality demos that meet our standards of craft
Reliability‑obsessed. You design for live demos with fallbacks and risk mitigation in mind
Structured and strategic. You create storyboards, technical specs, and checklists; you manage version control and environments with discipline; you bring order to fast, high‑stakes work
Calm under pressure. You've supported live demos or launches and keep your cool when something unexpected happens; you think in contingencies
Collaborative. You work seamlessly with Product, Eng, PMM, Design, Comms, and show production; strong stakeholder management and clear communication
Organized. You can juggle multiple demos, rehearsals, and timelines across global events; strong project management and documentation habits
Company
Stripe
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.44BKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementThrive CapitalFounders Fund
2025-02-27Secondary Market
2024-04-12Secondary Market· $694.16M
2024-03-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Steffan Tomlinson
CFO
Aitor Guevara
Head Of Engineering
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