Stripe · 1 month ago
Staff Engineer, Payments
Seattle, San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
12+ years expStripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, aiming to increase the GDP of the internet. The Staff Engineer in Payments will focus on developing products that enable users to accept payments efficiently, design APIs, and enhance Stripe's global payments network.
FinanceFinTechMobile PaymentsSaaS
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
Qualification
Required
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
Prior knowledge in the financial technology space, particularly in payment processing
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
Recent News
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