Full Stack Software Engineer, Money Movement

Stripe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is building Stripe Treasury as a new, unbundled financial platform for apps worldwide. We seek fullstack engineers who can ship across the stack with attention to UX and performance, balancing tactical work with strategic initiatives.

You will contribute to products that impact many users and partner with diverse teams to deliver features that scale responsibly and securely.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industry experience building high quality code and infrastructure.
• Experience delivering great UX and ease of use of features you build.
• Strong practices in UI and API design.
• Success measured by business impact, not lines of code.
• Collaborative mindset with a focus on mentorship and scalable design.

Responsibilities

• Scope and lead technical projects, laying groundwork for products to evolve and scale.
• Design, build, expand and maintain UIs, their related APIs and services.
• Work with partners to design and launch new features and capabilities.
• Align technical decisions with Stripe’s strategic initiatives while supporting new businesses.
• Collaborate across the company to evaluate when to reuse infrastructure vs. build bespoke solutions.
• Develop and execute short- and long-term roadmaps with tradeoffs considering priorities and user experience.

Skills

3+ years experience

React

UI/API design

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Job description

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

The Direct Surfaces Team’s mission is to make it delightful for users to manage their money. We’re rebuilding and unbundling the core of Stripe so that no matter what the business, the location or use‑case there is a single place that can fulfil all financial needs: Stripe Treasury. This is a 0 → 1 new business at Stripe so if that sounds exciting we’d love to hear from you!

What you’ll do

Fullstack engineers at Stripe are comfortable working on new products under fluid conditions, seamlessly balancing tactical and strategic considerations.

Responsibilities

• Scope and lead technical projects, laying the groundwork for our products to iteratively evolve and scale
• Design, build, expand and maintain UIs their related APIs and services
• Work with our partners to design and launch new features 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

Who you are

We’re looking for fullstack software engineers with experience building scalable products who have an eye for detail and are happy delivering changes at any layer of the technical stack.

Minimum requirements

• Have a strong technical background, including 3+ years of industry experience building high quality code and infrastructure
• Have experience in ensuring great user experience and ease of use of features and products you build
• Understand good practices of building and working with UIs and 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

Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and have a good intuition for what will last and scale

Thrive in a collaborative environment

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.

Preferred qualifications

• Strong React Expertise
• Have experience using React Native
• Have experience in ensuring great user experience and ease of use of features for products you build.
• Have experience with financial product companies and interest in financial products and markets