Staff Full Stack Engineer - Premium Merchant Experiences

Stripe; Dublin; On-site; EUR 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Stripe's Premium Merchant Experiences team in Dublin is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to define technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and build reliable systems. As an early hire, you will influence fast-paced product delivery while upholding high quality standards.

You will design production systems, review code, and collaborate with Product and leadership to align on a long-term vision and create exceptional merchant experiences across Stripe's platform.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional backend or full-stack development experience.
• Experience setting and executing long-term technical strategy for a large product area.
• Ability to prioritize competing requirements and iterate shipping features.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and growing engineers.
• Superb communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• User empathy and customer-centric problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate production systems with a focus on reliability and usability.
• Write and review code regularly to set high standards.
• Deliver high-quality end-to-end product experiences with care for users.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.
• Partner with Engineering Management and Product to drive long-term vision.
• Unblock the team and make tradeoffs aligned with business priorities and user needs.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Mentor other engineers to grow future leaders.

Skills

Backend/Full-stack

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Mentoring engineers

Tools

React

Ruby

Job description

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.

Who we are

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 Premium Merchant Experiences team helps businesses using Stripe succeed by providing high-quality, contextual, and timely premium support options. Our Dublin-based team is a startup within Stripe, building a greenfield product – offering both automated, AI-driven support and improved access to technical experts across Stripe. In addition to building directly for Stripe's merchants, we are responsible for building robust internal tooling that empowers Stripe employees in support roles to deliver the best possible experience for our customers.

What you’ll do

As an early hire on the Premium Merchant Experiences team, your role more closely resembles that of a founding engineer at a startup within Stripe. As a Staff Engineer, you will have widespread impact by setting the technical strategy of the team, mentoring and growing senior engineers, and building a culture of technical excellence. As a technical leader within the team, you will both drive fast-paced, sustained product delivery while also upholding high standards for building reliable systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate production systems, with an emphasis on extensibility, reliability, and usability
• Write and review code regularly, setting the pace and elevating standards for the team
• Build high-quality end-to-end product experiences, demonstrating deep care for users' needs and serving as a steward of crafting great experiences
• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders - 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 vision
• Unblock 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 foundation
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
• Teach and mentor other engineers to become the next generation of leaders at Stripe

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

• 10+ years of professional backend or full-stack development experience, including actively writing and reviewing code
• Experience successfully setting and executing on long-term technical strategy for a large product area
• Ability to prioritize competing requirements and stakeholders to iteratively ship new product features
• Proven track record of technical leadership, including meaningfully contributing to the growth of other engineers
• Superb communication skills working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• User empathy and a customer‑centric approach to problem solving and product development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with full-stack development, particularly using the React framework and Ruby
• Desire to learn and grow continuously as an engineer and ship impactful work

In‑office expectations

Office‑assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in‑office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in‑person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is €132,000 - €198,000. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s 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.

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.