Stripe · 10 hours ago
Staff Engineer, Capital Engineering
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$243K/yr - $364K/yr
10+ years expStripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses that aims to increase the GDP of the internet. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to define and drive the technical and product vision for Stripe Capital, focusing on building scalable and reliable systems for fast, flexible financing for businesses.
FinanceFinTechMobile PaymentsSaaS
Responsibilities
Drive Technical Strategy: Define the long-term architectural vision for Capital’s systems, ensuring our technical roadmap aligns with ambitious business goals while maintaining system health and agility
Architect for Scale: Design the abstractions and systems required to scale Capital across countries, partners, and entirely new product shapes
Ensure System Reliability: Lead initiatives to improve the durability, auditability, and correctness of our financial systems, ensuring they remain performant and resilient in the face of very rapid growth
Force-multiply the organization: Mentor senior engineers, foster a culture of technical rigor, and collaborate across functions like Product, Legal, and Partnerships to navigate the trade-offs inherent in a high-growth financial business
Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with Product, Legal, Treasury, and external financial partners to translate ambiguous business requirements into clear, scalable engineering roadmaps
Qualification
Required
10+ years of hands-on backend experience building large-scale, distributed systems
Proven track record of building large scale, complex distributed systems; identifying shortcomings and optimization opportunities; and making data driven cost performance tradeoffs to influence design decisions
Excellent technical communication skills; you can articulate complex architectural trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders (including external partners)
Strong collaboration skills to work effectively directly with partners and across multiple teams and stakeholders
Past experience mentoring and investing in the development of engineers
A user-first mindset; you care deeply about the product experience and the users who rely on the systems you build
Preferred
Experience in Fintech, Lending, or complex Financial Systems. Specific experience with money movement architecture (ledgers, reconciliation, funds flow) an additional plus
A history of building or managing complex partner integrations (APIs, data exchange standards)
Experience navigating the trade-offs between speed of delivery and long-term architectural purity in a high-growth environment
Benefits
Equity
Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
401(k) plan
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Wellness stipends
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
David Singleton
CTO
Steffan Tomlinson
CFO
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