Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce

Stripe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 236,000 - 354,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe in San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Manager for Agentic Commerce to shape and deliver transformative API-driven experiences that empower AI agents to build agent-powered online commerce.

You will lead cross-functional teams with PM, design, data science, and marketing, drive high-impact features, define success metrics, and collaborate with large enterprises to understand their needs and translate them into scalable product solutions.

Qualifications

• BS in CS or related field required.
• 10+ years engineering experience.
• Experience coaching senior engineers.
• Experience leading multi-team initiatives spanning tech roadmaps.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Collaborative cross-functional partner.
• Empathy for users in digital commerce.

Responsibilities

• Build full stack solutions across Stripe's ecosystem, including back end services, dashboards, money movement systems, and integrations with Stripe primitives.
• Partner with product management and design to ship high impact features that increase user autonomy and reduce friction.
• Apply analytical skills to data, test hypotheses, and set success metrics for the team to ensure enterprise-grade reliability SLOs.
• Collaborate across Stripe’s platform and product teams to integrate agentic commerce capabilities seamlessly.
• Engage directly with users, especially large enterprises, to translate requirements into novel product shapes.

Skills

10+ years engineering

AI-native

Coaching staff

Cross-team leadership

Strong communication

Collaborative

Empathy for users

Education

Computer science degree

Tools

APIs design

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

Agentic payments is a team that’s building new APIs and integration experiences for agentic commerce online. We think that the proliferation of consumer-facing AI experiences will unlock new ways that consumers buy things online, and our existing payments experiences need to evolve to new commercial models that cutting-edge builders are starting. Our first launch, Instant Checkout in collaboration with OpenAI, took the industry by storm and we’re bringing experiences like that to the entire universe of AI agents and sellers.

What you’ll do

As an Engineering Manager on Agentic Commerce, you’ll own the shaping and delivery of transformative products that redefine how commerce works, making it more fluid, automated, and aligned with user intent. You’ll collaborate closely with product management, design, data science, and marketing to unlock new opportunities for our customers and partners globally.

Our north star provides a new integration model for AI agents who are looking to build agent-powered online commerce experiences, via their Stripe integration. They will have access to our entire suite of connected sellers, and can focus on the end-user experience. Enabling an AI agent to do this requires new API primitives, new dashboard surfaces, and deep thought about what financial and e-commerce complexity Stripe can simplify on their behalf.

Responsibilities.

• Build full stack solutions across Stripe's ecosystem, including back end services, dashboard interfaces, money movement systems, and integrations with other Stripe primitives
• Partner deeply with product management and design to ship high impact features that increase user autonomy and reduce friction.
• Apply strong analytical skills to dive into data, test hypotheses, and make informed trade-offs. Set success metrics for the team to ensure solutions are enterprise-grade and quickly meet Stripe’s reliability SLOs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across Stripe’s broader platform and product teams to integrate agentic commerce capabilities seamlessly.
• Engage directly with users (particularly large enterprises) to understand their business needs and translate requirements into novel product shapes.

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 engineering experience with a computer science background with hands on development expertise
• AI-native and very comfortable autonomously solving problems with agentic AI tools
• Proven experience coaching and developing senior and staff level individual contributors
• Demonstrated experience of leading initiatives that touch large engineering organizations, spanning multiple teams to influence tech roadmap planning and execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, structuring ambiguous concepts clearly and from first principles
• Thrive in a collaborative environment involving different functions, stakeholders, and subject matter experts
• Deep empathy for users balancing autonomy and guidance in digital commerce experiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering management experience
• Experience building APIs or new integration experiences for users, several of them being enterprise grade
• You’ve been on the founding team of a business / startup, taking a product from 0-1
• Experience in eCommerce and/or payments.

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 US base salary range for this role is $236,000 - $354,000. 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 location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision 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.

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