Staff Engineer, Connect Activation Engineering

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

Connect builds infrastructure for the world’s leading platforms and marketplaces to incorporate payments into their products. Connect has been at the forefront of Stripe’s growth due to the power of its offering, which enables our users to distribute Stripe’s payment processing directly to their sellers and merchants. As Stripe grows its suite of product offerings beyond payments, Connect will unlock a new phase of growth for Stripe by enabling our platforms to distribute all of Stripe’s products to their end users.

What you’ll do

 

Responsibilities

• Work with engineers & technical leaders across the company to ship interoperable products on strong foundations
• Improve engineering standards, tooling and processes
• Develop and execute against both short- and long-term roadmaps. Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Teach and mentor other team members to become the next generation of 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

• 8+ years experience as a software engineer
• Collaborates well and has driven large cross-team projects to completion involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts
• You measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code
• You have served as the technical lead and defined the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions
• Enjoys being a generalist working on the frontend, backend, or anything in between
• Can stitch together many different services and processes even if you have not worked with them before

Preferred qualifications

•  10+ years experience as a software engineer