Design Engineer, Creative Tech & Interactive Installations

Stripe, Inc.; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Design Engineer to join Stripe Creative Lab, a highly creative team delivering digital experiences, interactive projects, and hardware-driven work.

You’ll prototype ideas, turn ambitious concepts into working experiences, and push the boundaries of technical craft. You will collaborate with designers, art directors, and producers, bringing deep technical expertise in creative engineering and a curiosity to learn new areas.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in software engineering, creative tech or development.
• Deep expertise in at least one area of creative engineering.
• Portfolio of technically ambitious, crafted work such as experimental websites, interactive experiences, realtime graphics, installations, or creative tools.
• Strong frontend fundamentals and ability to ship public-facing web experiences.
• Strong visual and interaction sensibility to execute sophisticated creative direction.
• Experience solving unfamiliar technical problems with independence.
• Experience writing thoughtful, pragmatic code in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Prototype and build highly crafted, experimental digital experiences, interactive projects, and creative tools.
• Collaborate with designers and art directors to translate creative direction into technically excellent experiences.
• Explore emerging technologies and unfamiliar approaches to determine what is possible and how to build it.
• Navigate ambiguous technical problems, moving from early experiments to finished work.
• Publish standalone web experiences when appropriate, and plan additional engineering support for complex projects.
• Experiment with hardware, physical computing, displays, sensors, embedded systems, and other technologies as needed.
• Collaborate with external engineers, fabricators, studios, and other specialists to be an effective creative-technical partner.
• Maintain a high bar for performance, reliability, usability, and craft.

Skills

Frontend engineering

Public-facing web

Creative engineering

Web performance

Independent problem solving

Collaboration

Tools

Three.js

WebGL

WebGPU

Shaders

Arduino

Raspberry Pi

Job description

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Design Engineer to join Stripe Creative Lab, a highly creative team delivering digital experiences, interactive projects, and hardware-driven work.

You’ll prototype ideas, turn ambitious concepts into working experiences, and push the boundaries of technical craft. You will collaborate with designers, art directors, and producers, bringing deep technical expertise in creative engineering and a curiosity to learn new areas.