Staff Engineer, Account Engineering

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced technical leader to define and drive the evolution of our organization's technical and product vision as a Staff Engineer, Account Engineering at Stripe. You will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and strategy, helping the organization navigate the technical trade-offs inherent in building a global-scale product platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale applications with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and usability.
• Define and design opinionated architectural strategies for improving the extensibility of our platform.
• Diagnose and identify sustainable solutions to nebulous performance challenges.
• Build high-quality end-to-end product experiences, demonstrating deep care for users' needs and serving as a steward of crafting great experiences.
• Collaborate nimbly with cross-functional partners (Product Managers), high-visibility teams, and their stakeholders to support their key initiatives.
• Partner with Engineering Management, Product Managers, and key leaders across the company to create and drive toward the longer-term vision.
• Unblock the team to execute against both short-term and long-term roadmaps, making effective trade-offs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Teach and mentor other team members to become the next generation of leaders at Stripe.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building software systems, including both experience building user-facing products and internal platforms leveraged by other engineering teams.
• A user-first mindset; you care deeply about the product experience and the users who rely on the systems you build.
• Experience setting a multi-year technical strategy for an organization and successfully executing it.
• Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and a curiosity to learn the domain to a deep level.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and meaningfully empowering their growth.
• Strong collaboration skills to work effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders and ship complex initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills to convey complex technical topics clearly.