Staff Software Engineer, Global Money Movement

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead money-movement capabilities within Link Balance. You will own large, cross-functional initiatives from concept to launch, delivering scalable services and intuitive experiences for merchants and consumers.

This hands-on IC role requires strong backend and full-stack skills, delivering complex fintech products, and guiding architectural decisions while balancing safety, reliability, and user trust across Stripe's payments network.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend and/or full-stack software development experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading the design and delivery of large, complex software projects from early definition through production launch.
• Strong full-stack engineering skills with reliable backend services and polished user-facing experiences.
• Experience guiding and unblocking a team of engineers on substantial projects as a senior IC.
• Ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity environments and make durable technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and execution for large, ambiguous Link initiatives that create new money-movement primitives.
• Own projects end to end: clarify the problem, define an incremental technical plan, align stakeholders, drive delivery, launch safely, and use results to guide further investment.
• Build robust, scalable backend services and high-quality consumer-facing experiences across Java, Ruby, and TypeScript.
• Lead a project team of engineers through execution with clear priorities, decisions, risks, and milestones.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Risk, Infrastructure, and other Stripe teams to build safe, reliable, and useful capabilities.
• Navigate dependencies across Stripe’s payments and money-movement platforms, balancing speed, UX, reliability, and durable foundations.
• Raise engineering bar through leadership, design reviews, mentoring, and constructive feedback across the team.
• Shape the long-term roadmap by identifying opportunities and investments to scale Link’s capabilities globally.

Skills

Java

Ruby

TypeScript

Backend architecture

Cross-functional leadership

System reliability

Job description

Stripe is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead money-movement capabilities within Link Balance. You will own large, cross-functional initiatives from concept to launch, delivering scalable services and intuitive experiences for merchants and consumers.

This hands-on IC role requires strong backend and full-stack skills, delivering complex fintech products, and guiding architectural decisions while balancing safety, reliability, and user trust across Stripe's payments network.