Forward Deployed Engineer, Professional Services

Stripe; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work with Product & Engineering to shape features beyond standard Stripe integrations. You may build standalone apps deployed in user environments, augmenting teams to deliver faster connections to Stripe.

This new team will drive direction, own projects, and collaborate with clients and Stripe stakeholders to deliver resilient, scalable solutions across accounts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional, hands-on full-stack development experience with multiple languages.
• Experience building scalable backend infrastructure and systems.
• Ability to design, build and deploy production applications.
• Rapid prototyping skills while maintaining quality.
• Familiarity with containerized apps and OO programming.
• Strong problem-solving and understanding of product/business context.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect robust technical solutions aligned with customer needs.
• Build and deploy production applications combining business logic with Stripe best practices.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders bridging technical teams and executives.
• Lead the direction of the Forward Deployed Engineering arm and contribute to projects.
• Engage with users to understand challenges and co-develop solutions.
• Contribute tooling and best practices to scale across accounts.

Skills

Full-stack development

Backend systems

Prototyping

Problem-solving

API design

OO programming

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AI APIs

Job description

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - 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

Stripe’s Professional Services team works with our most strategic users, delivering excellence and enabling our users to succeed with Stripe. The new Forward Deployed Engineering team takes the evolution of our consulting services behind the keyboard by directly building and delivering software for our users. As a brand new offering from Stripe, we work directly with Stripe's users to build scalable Stripe integrations and standalone applications.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will work closely with Stripe’s Product & Engineering team to help shape the features that extend beyond what’s possible out of the box with Stripe integrations. You may be building standalone applications that are deployed in user environments, developing priority features within Stripe's ecosystem, or augmenting existing development staff for our users to deliver faster and more resilient connections to Stripe.

While maintenance is part of the work, you'll often be starting new and exciting projects. Since this is a new team at Stripe, you'll succeed if you get excited about driving direction and taking ownership of your work.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect robust technical solutions, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and aligned with customer needs
• Design, build, and deploy production applications that combine user business logic, Stripe best practices, and user-facing interfaces
• Collaborate directly with internal and external stakeholders, bridging the gap between technical teams and executives
• Drive the direction of the new Forward Deployed Engineering arm at Stripe and contribute to technical projects
• Engage directly with users to deeply understand challenges, requirements, and co-develop solutions,
• Contribute tooling, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts

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

• 5+ years of professional, hands-on full-stack development experience with languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Ruby, Go, or Java
• Experience with backend infrastructure and building systems that scale
• Demonstrated ability to design, build, and deploy production applications
• Excellence at rapid prototyping while maintaining appropriate quality standards
• Familiarity with containerized applications and object-oriented programming languages
• Superb problem-solving skills and the ability to understand the product and business side of development

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working as a software consultant
• Strong command of distributed systems, API design, and data modeling
• Familiarity working with AI APIs and leveraging AI code generation tools to accelerate productivity
• Proven track record of delivering technical solutions in enterprise environments that drive measurable outcomes
• A passion for handling ambiguity and picking up new technologies, frameworks, and tools while working in a variety of client environments