Staff Engineer, Payments & Applied ML (AI-First)

Jackalope Digital LLC; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe in New York is seeking a Staff Engineer for Payment Intelligence to drive technical strategy across the portfolio. You will work on large, distributed systems on the critical path, interfacing with ML teams and product partners to deliver scalable, high-quality software.

The role requires 10+ years of software engineering, with 5+ years in strategic leadership, and a track record of delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in a strategic technical leadership role.
• Experience leading engineering teams on distributed systems and API design.
• Proven track record delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth.
• Ability to drive projects at a high level while contributing hands-on when needed.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy for multiple experiences within Payment Intelligence portfolio, focusing on quality and performance.
• Establish standards, tooling, and processes to enable shipping high-quality code at scale.
• Partner with Stripe's largest merchants to co-build the future of payment-centric intelligence.
• Collaborate with product, design, and ML colleagues to ship the best software possible.
• Contribute across the stack, including FE, API, and ML-adjacent work.

Skills

Distributed systems

API design

Leadership

Cross-functional

Tools

Java

Ruby

Python

TypeScript

Kafka

Flyte

Airflow

Mongo

Job description

Stripe in New York is seeking a Staff Engineer for Payment Intelligence to drive technical strategy across the portfolio. You will work on large, distributed systems on the critical path, interfacing with ML teams and product partners to deliver scalable, high-quality software.

The role requires 10+ years of software engineering, with 5+ years in strategic leadership, and a track record of delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth.