Software Engineer, Money Movement

Stripe; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking backend, frontend-leaning fullstack engineers to build services and platforms used by millions of Stripe users, developers, and partners. You will design APIs, scale systems, and work across a distributed and hybrid team to deliver features with strong engineering standards.

You should have 2–12+ years of software engineering experience, be language-agnostic, and enjoy collaborating across workstreams while taking ownership and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Qualifications

• 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops).
• Strong coding skills in any programming language (language agnostic).
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to peers' success.
• Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight users.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, user experiences, services, and large-scale systems.
• Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
• Mentor engineers to help them grow.
• Meet with users to help shape product changes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build new features at scale while improving internal standards and tooling.
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team with clear communication.

Skills

Collaboration

Autonomy

Entrepreneurial mindset

Generalist across stacks

Tools

API design

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

Exact team matching for one of the subteams within the following orgs will begin during final stages. If you have a strong preference for a specific org, please flag this to your recruiter during your recruiter screen.

Money as a Service (MaaS)

Money as a Service (MaaS) is a new org within Stripe which is all about making money programmable through funding, FX'ing, sending, and spending. The Money as a Service (MaaS) teams build the APIs and product experience that allow Stripe users to perform these money management capabilities on Stripe globally. We've recently launched several products. Multicurrency balances Global Payouts Payments and Risk The Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. Optimized Checkout and Link teams work to create best-in-class checkout experiences that enhance customer satisfaction and drive merchant conversion rates. The Risk Engineering team develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, thereby safeguarding Stripe's brand and financial stability.

What you'll do

We're looking for backend, frontend-leaning fullstack, and fullstack engineers who are interested in building software services and platforms that impact thousands of employees and millions of Stripe users, regardless of whether they're an end user, developer, or partner.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, user experiences, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests
• Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Mentor engineers to help them grow
• Meet directly with our users to help shape product changes
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues

Who you are

We're 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 requirements

• 2-12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops)
• Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job so our interview process is language agnostic)
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
• Ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility, and an entrepreneurial mindset
• Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building user interfaces
• Experience with user research or interaction design
• Experience designing and building APIs