Stripe

About Stripe

The financial infrastructure platform for modern businesses

🏢 Tech, Finance👥 1001+ employees📅 Founded 2010📍 SoMa, San Francisco, CA💰 $8.7b3.5
FintechB2BPaymentsCredit cardsFinancial Services

Key Highlights

  • Processes over $1 trillion in payments annually
  • Raised $8.7 billion in funding, including Series H
  • Headquartered in SoMa, San Francisco, CA
  • Expanding services to Brazil and India

Stripe is a leading financial infrastructure platform that processes over $1 trillion in payments annually for businesses of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Headquartered in SoMa, San Francisco, Stripe has raised $8.7 billion in funding across multiple rounds, including its recent...

🎁 Benefits

Stripe offers an unlimited paid time off policy, flexible work-from-home opportunities, comprehensive mental and physical health plans, and generous f...

🌟 Culture

Stripe fosters a culture focused on innovation and growth, with a commitment to expanding its services globally. The company emphasizes engineering ex...

Overview

Stripe is seeking a Staff Engineer for their Account Engineering team to define and drive the technical direction of user-facing APIs. This role requires strong collaboration skills and experience in mentoring senior engineers.

Job Description

Who you are

You are an experienced technical leader with a strong background in engineering and product vision — you thrive on defining and driving the evolution of technical strategies that align with business goals. You have a proven track record of mentoring senior engineers and empowering their growth, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation within your team. You possess excellent communication skills, enabling you to articulate complex technical topics clearly to diverse stakeholders. You are comfortable operating at the intersection of engineering, product, and design, and you have a curiosity to learn the domain to a deep level. You excel in environments that require autonomy and responsibility, and you are adept at setting ambitious goals for high-performing teams.

Desirable

Experience in building user-facing APIs and end-to-end experiences that operate at scale is a plus. Familiarity with financial infrastructure platforms and a passion for enhancing user identity representation across products will set you apart.

What you'll do

In this role, you will lead the technical direction of the Account Abstractions team, which is responsible for the representation of end-user identity across all Stripe products. You will collaborate closely with engineering leaders across Stripe to drive cross-cutting product delivery and ensure alignment with the company's ambitious product roadmap goals. You will define the technical vision and strategy for the team, guiding the development of user-facing APIs that interoperate seamlessly across the Stripe product suite. Your leadership will be crucial in unlocking platform functionality that fundamentally shifts how Stripe products work together, particularly in expanding networked onboarding across products. You will also be responsible for mentoring and empowering your team members, fostering a culture of growth and collaboration. Your ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly will be essential in ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned and informed throughout the development process.

What we offer

At Stripe, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most demanding use cases in the financial technology space. You will be part of a mission-driven company that aims to increase the GDP of the internet, providing you with a sense of purpose and impact in your work. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds. You will be supported in your professional growth and development, with opportunities to take on new challenges and expand your skill set within a collaborative and innovative environment.

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