Requirements

Have a strong technical background, including 2+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems
Understand good practices of building and working with APIs
Measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code Internalize the best ideas from across the organization, humbly setting a vision that others are excited to get behind
Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels. You are often cited as the inspiration for engineers that join your team
Care deeply about mentorship and growing engineers and managers
Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and have a good intuition for what will last and scale
Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different areas of expertise. Engineering works closely with a variety of teams: Sales and Support to better understand our customers’ needs, Legal and Accounting to understand how global policies influence our money-moving infrastructure, etc.

Nice to Haves

Have experience in ensuring great user experience and ease of use of features and products you build.
Have experience with financial product companies and interest in financial products and markets.
Served as the technical lead and defined the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions.

Scope and lead large technical projects, laying the groundwork for early-stage products to iteratively evolve and scale
Design, build, expand and maintain APIs and services
Work with our partners to launch new markets - developing new payment methods and capabilities
Align our technical decisions with Stripe’s broad strategic initiatives, while also advocating for needs specific to emerging new businesses
Work with engineers across the company to understand when existing infrastructure can be leveraged vs. when building a bespoke solution is prudent
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 both individual contributors and managers to become the next generation of leaders at Stripe. As a senior member on a new team, you will be looked to for guidance

No specific perks and benefits mentioned in the provided job description.