Staff Full-Stack Engineer — AI-Powered Payments

Stripe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 224,000 - 336,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is hiring a Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead the design and delivery of new consumer capabilities in Link. You will own large, cross‑functional projects from early product and technical definition through launch and iteration, balancing quality with speed.

You will work across the stack building services, APIs, and UI, while guiding architectural choices and mentoring teams to deliver impactful, reliable products for users and businesses.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend and/or full‑stack software development experience, owning large, ambiguous systems end‑to‑end.
• Experience leading design and delivery of large, complex software projects from early definition through production launch.
• Strong full‑stack engineering skills delivering reliable backend services and polished user experiences.
• Experience leading and unblocking a group of engineers on substantial projects as a senior contributor.
• Ability to operate in high‑ambiguity environments and make durable technical decisions.
• Excellent cross‑functional collaboration to align teams with different systems and constraints.
• Strong judgment around reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Product‑minded approach focused on meaningful user/business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical strategy across Link Consumer and connect product delivery to an engineering vision.
• Lead large, ambiguous 0→1 initiatives from problem definition to launch.
• Design, build, and maintain polished user experiences, backend services, APIs, and systems.
• Identify risks and dependencies early; create incremental plans to de‑risk the roadmap.
• Collaborate with Stripe teams to align roadmaps when Link Consumer depends on shared capabilities.
• Promote pragmatic code patterns in React/JS/CSS/GraphQL and Ruby APIs.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

React/JS/CSS

GraphQL

Ruby APIs

LLM-powered systems

Technical leadership

Tools

GraphQL

Ruby

React

TypeScript

APIs design

Job description

Stripe is hiring a Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead the design and delivery of new consumer capabilities in Link. You will own large, cross‑functional projects from early product and technical definition through launch and iteration, balancing quality with speed.

You will work across the stack building services, APIs, and UI, while guiding architectural choices and mentoring teams to deliver impactful, reliable products for users and businesses.