Staff Software Engineer - Global Money Movement & Fintech

RiseMe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of new money-movement capabilities in Link. You will take ambiguous product opportunities and turn them into reliable, scalable experiences for consumers and merchants.

This hands-on role with broad technical scope involves owning large projects end-to-end, guiding engineers, and partnering with product, design, risk, and infrastructure teams to ship safe, trustworthy financial features at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in backend and/or full-stack development.
• Experience delivering large, end-to-end software projects.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy and execution for large Link initiatives.
• Own projects end to end from problem framing to launch.
• Build robust backend services and consumer-facing experiences across Java, Ruby, and TypeScript.
• Lead a project team through execution with clear priorities and milestones.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Risk, Infrastructure, and other Stripe teams to ensure safety and reliability.
• Navigate dependencies across Stripe’s money-movement platforms and balance speed with user trust.

Skills

Backend architecture

Full-stack development

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Reliability & security

Problem solving

Tools

Java

Ruby

TypeScript

Job description

Stripe is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of new money-movement capabilities in Link. You will take ambiguous product opportunities and turn them into reliable, scalable experiences for consumers and merchants.

This hands-on role with broad technical scope involves owning large projects end-to-end, guiding engineers, and partnering with product, design, risk, and infrastructure teams to ship safe, trustworthy financial features at scale.