Staff Data Engineer, Risk & Product Platforms

Stripe; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan

Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe is seeking aStaff Data Engineer to lead a high-impact data team in Seattle, shaping data pipelines and analytics across Payments, Risk, and Product. You will build scalable data warehouses, guide data architecture decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to unlock insights and drive business impact.

The role emphasizes leadership, autonomy, and a collaborative culture, with a hybrid work model and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building and operating data systems, pipelines, and warehouses.
• Backend development with Scala, Java, or Go and strong SQL.
• Experience with distributed data frameworks and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical outcomes for a team of engineers and mentor them.
• Partner with recruiting to attract and hire top talent.
• Deliver scalable data pipelines focusing on reliability and efficiency.
• Manage SLAs for data pipelines and supporting applications.
• Collaborate with product to create canonical datasets and trustworthy data.
• Leverage AI/LLM to analyze high-quality data at scale.
• Drive end-to-end data initiatives from planning to delivery.
• Foster an inclusive, innovative team environment.

Skills

10+ years experience

SQL

Backend development (Scala/Java/Go)

Airflow

Spark

Kafka

Flink

Data pipelines

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Tools

Iceberg

Kafka

Change Data Capture

Flink

Spark

Airflow

Hive Metastore

Pinot

Trino

AWS

Job description

Stripe is seeking aStaff Data Engineer to lead a high-impact data team in Seattle, shaping data pipelines and analytics across Payments, Risk, and Product. You will build scalable data warehouses, guide data architecture decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to unlock insights and drive business impact.

The role emphasizes leadership, autonomy, and a collaborative culture, with a hybrid work model and competitive compensation.