Software Engineer, Money as a Service - Compliance

Stripe; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial infrastructure platform seeks an experienced Software Engineer to build user-friendly features, APIs, and back-end systems for regulatory compliance. In this role, you will lead technical projects, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor junior engineers. Candidates should have 2+ years of software engineering experience, a strong API design background, and thrive in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Equity

Health benefits

Wellness stipends

Qualifications

• Strong technical background with large-scale systems.
• Experience designing and engineering user-focused features.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical projects and enhance existing systems.
• Design, build, and maintain APIs and services.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

API design and engineering

Systems reliability

Collaboration

Education

2+ years of experience in software engineering

Job description

Overview

Software Engineer, Money as a Service - Compliance

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 In the complex and constantly changing global financial regulatory environment, the MaaS Compliance team plays a critical role in enabling Stripe to build and expand its products globally. Our team builds products and infrastructure that empower users to access Stripe's financial products. From user-facing features to robust backend systems, we ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while enabling Stripe users to grow their businesses seamlessly. By partnering with product, infrastructure, and operational teams, we deliver scalable and reliable solutions that align with Stripe's mission to increase the GDP of the internet.

What you’ll do

We’re looking for an experienced software engineer to join our team and help build user-friendly features, APIs, and backend systems that handle regulatory compliance at scale. The team owns mission-critical user journeys across many of Stripe's financial products, including Issuing, Treasury, and Capital. As we’re still in our early days, this role offers ample opportunity for impact and growth. You’ll tackle challenging technical problems, collaborate cross-functionally, and raise the bar for operational excellence across our systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects, laying the groundwork for early-stage products to iteratively evolve and scale, and taming complexity and shoring up reliability of existing systems
• Design, build, expand and maintain APIs and services
• Be actively involved in strategic direction and product decisions
• Develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps, making thoughtful tradeoffs that balance business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Work with engineers across the company to understand when existing infrastructure can be leveraged vs. when building a bespoke solution is prudent
• Mentor engineers earlier in their technical careers to help them grow

Office expectations

In-office expectations vary by location and role. Some locations require regular in-person presence to support users and workflows. The hiring manager will discuss specific expectations during the interview process.

Salary and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is £81,200 - £156,000. This range may change if you are hired in another location. Specific benefits and details about compensation vary by location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

Qualifications

• A strong technical background, including 2+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of best practices in designing, building, and working with APIs.
• You are comfortable working on a new product under fluid conditions, balancing tactical and strategic considerations.
• Thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production systems

Preferred qualifications

• Have experience ensuring great user experiences and ease of use in the 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.