Engineering Manager, Developer Productivity AI

Stripe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 214,600 - 321,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

A leading financial infrastructure platform in Chicago is seeking a Manager to lead a cross-continent engineering team. You will guide the deployment of AI developer tools, ensuring compelling user experiences and redefined workflows within the organization. Ideal candidates possess at least 5 years of software engineering experience, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This role offers a hybrid work model for flexibility and strong annual compensation ranging from $214,600 to $321,800.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of managing high performing engineering teams.
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• History of delivering innovative product experiences.
• Ability to communicate clear decisions.
• Experience fostering a supportive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a senior engineering team to deploy AI devtools.
• Deliver user and product experiences for internal users.
• Redefine engineering workflow at Stripe.
• Analyze data on AI tool usage.
• Collaborate across teams rapidly.

Skills

Leadership

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Team building

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Overview

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.

We are a brand new team, working quickly to accelerate Stripe's engineering productivity by effectively deploying LLM agents and tools to automate large swaths of the engineering workflow. We’re a cross-continent team, spanning North America and Europe, filled with high agency engineers with strong product perspectives.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a hands-on Manager who can effectively lead and guide a team of high agency engineers to move quickly in a rapidly growing tech space. They will help set the product direction in a field with a nearly endless possible solution space. Folks passionate about great products, user experience and with a strong opinion about how engineers do good work will excel in this role. Prior experience with deploying AI developer tools isn’t necessary, but is interesting.

• Lead a senior, cross-continent team of engineers to move rapidly to deploy and exploit the latest in AI devtools.
• Deliver compelling user and product experiences for internal users.
• Work across the company to redefine how software engineers at Stripe work.
• Keep up with an incredibly fast paced technology environment.
• Dig deep into the data on how engineers use AI tools to seek out every bit of benefit, and help Stripe accelerate.

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+ years managing high performing engineering teams, and at least 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proven success in recruiting and building great teams.
• A repeated history of delivering great, innovative product experiences - either for internal or external users.
• Effective cross-functional collaboration, with the ability to think rigorously, communicate clearly, and make or coordinate difficult decisions and trade-offs.
• Thrives with high autonomy and responsibility in an ambiguous environment.
• Ability to foster a healthy, inclusive, challenging, and supportive work environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience Tech leading, mentoring and managing a team that shipped products to engineers.
• Experience building tools and products, ideally for technical audiences - either as internal or external customers.
• Deep curiosity and opinionation about the use of AI in software engineering.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for various audiences, including leadership, users, and company-wide.

Hybrid work at Stripe

This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

Working remotely at Stripe

A remote location is defined as being 35 miles (56 kilometers) or more from one of our offices. While you would be welcome to come into the office for team/business meetings, on-sites, meet-ups, and events, our expectation is you would regularly work from home rather than a Stripe office. Stripe does not cover the cost of relocating to a remote location. We encourage you to apply for roles that match the location where you currently live or plan to live.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $214,600 - $321,800. 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.