Staff Software Engineer

Who you are

• 10+ years of backend and/or full-stack software development experience, with a track record of owning large, ambiguous systems end-to-end
• Demonstrated technical experience leading the design and delivery of large, complex software projects from early definition through production launch
• Strong full-stack engineering skills, including experience building reliable backend services and polished user-facing product experiences
• Experience leading and unblocking a group of engineers on a substantial project as a senior individual contributor
• Ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity environments: framing problems, making durable technical decisions, and creating an actionable path forward
• Excellent cross-functional and cross-organizational collaboration skills, with the ability to align teams with different systems, priorities, and constraints
• Strong engineering judgment around system reliability, operational excellence, security, and maintainability
• A product-minded approach to engineering, with a focus on delivering meaningful outcomes for users and the business
• Experience with Java, Ruby, and/or TypeScript. We care more about strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to learn than expertise in a particular language or framework
• Experience building payments, money-movement, fintech, or other regulated financial products
• Experience building consumer products at scale, particularly products that require a high degree of user trust
• Experience working on 0→1 products or taking new capabilities from concept through launch and iteration
• Familiarity with stablecoins, digital assets, or the infrastructure that enables global financial products
• Appreciation for the importance of good documentation—internal and external—and taking pride in seeing projects through to successful completion

What the job involves

• We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of new money-movement capabilities in Link
• You will take ambiguous product opportunities and turn them into reliable, scalable, and intuitive experiences for consumers and merchants
• This is a hands-on individual-contributor role with broad technical and organizational scope
• You will own large, cross-functional projects from early product and technical definition through launch and iteration; lead teams of engineers through complex execution; and partner closely with the many Stripe systems and teams that make money movement possible
• You will work across the stack, building services and APIs as well as the user experiences that expose those capabilities
• The work may involve modern financial infrastructure—including stablecoin-enabled capabilities—while requiring sound judgment around safety, reliability, compliance, and user trust
• You will make the architectural decisions that let the balance model scale globally, and raise the engineering bar for the team as we grow
• Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and execution for large, ambiguous Link initiatives that create new money-movement primitives
• Own projects end to end: clarify the problem, define an incremental technical plan, align stakeholders, drive delivery, launch safely, and use results to guide further investment
• Build robust, scalable backend services and high-quality consumer-facing experiences across Java, Ruby, and TypeScript
• Lead a project team of engineers through execution, creating clarity on priorities, decisions, risks, and delivery milestones
• Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Risk, Infrastructure, and other Stripe teams to build capabilities that are safe, reliable, and useful
• Navigate dependencies across Stripe’s payments and money-movement platforms, making thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, user experience, operational reliability, and durable technical foundations
• Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, design reviews, mentoring, and constructive feedback across the team
• Help shape the team’s longer-term roadmap by identifying opportunities, technical risks, and investments needed to scale Link’s financial capabilities globally

Benefits

• Gym membership
• Food provided in the office
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Work from home opportunities
• Comprehensive mental, physical and medical health plans
• Fertility benefits and parental leave