Staff Engineer, Account Engineering at Stripe

Who we areAbout StripeStripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companiesfrom the worlds largest enterprises to the most ambitious startupsuse 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 everyones reach while doing the most important work of your career.About the teamThe Account Abstractions team owns the representation of end-user identity across all Stripe products. We build user-facing APIs and end-to-end experiences that interoperate across the entire Stripe product suite and operate at the scale frontier for some of Stripes most demanding use cases.Were at a pivotal moment in Accounts evolution unlocking platform functionality that will fundamentally shift how Stripe products work together (like expanding networked onboarding across products) and power some of Stripes most ambitious product roadmap goals in 2026. Were looking for the right technical leader to define our technical direction and drive cross-cutting product delivery.This high-visibility role requires close collaboration with engineering leaders across Stripe and the ability to set ambitious goals for a high-performing team.What youll doWe are seeking an experienced technical leader to define and drive the evolution of our organizations technical and product vision. 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.ResponsibilitiesDesign build and scale our applications with an emphasis on reliability scalability and usabilityDefine and design opinionated architectural strategies for improving the extensibility of our platformDiagnose and identify sustainable solutions to nebulous performance challengesBuild high-quality end-to-end product experiences demonstrating deep care for users needs and serving as a steward of crafting great experiencesCollaborate nimbly with cross functional partners (PM) high-visibility teams and their stakeholders to support their key initiatives - navigating various types of organizational complexity with the support of your own leadership team.Partner with Engineering Management Product Manager and key leaders across the company to create and drive toward the longer term visionUnblock the team to execute against both short-term and long-term roadmaps making effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities user experience and a sustainable technical foundationImprove engineering standards tooling and processesTeach and mentor other team members to become the next generation of leaders at StripeWho you areWere 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 requirements10 years experience building software systems including both experience building user-facing products and internal platforms leveraged by other engineering teamsYou have a user-first mindset; you care deeply about the product experience and the users who rely on the systems you buildYouve set a multi-year technical strategy for an organization and successfully executed itYou are capable of working in ambiguous fast-moving environments and have a curiosity to learn the domain to a deep levelYouve mentored senior engineers and meaningfully empowered their growthYou thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibilityYou have strong collaboration skills to work effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders and ship complex initiativesYou can communicate complex technical topics exceptionally clearlyRequired Experience:Staff IC Key Skills Computer Science,Docker,Kubernetes,Python,VMware,C/C++,Go,System Architecture,gRPC,OS Kernels,Perl,Distributed Systems Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1