Staff Software Engineer, Startup Products (Remote)

Stripe, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 224,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

equity

company bonus or sales commissions/bon

401(k) plan

medical, dental, and vision benefits

wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Startup Products to shape technical strategy and lead major 0→1 initiatives from exploration to launch.

You will work across product surfaces, services, APIs, data models, and integrations with internal and external systems. You will partner with Product, Design, Legal, Data, Operations, and engineering teams to create trusted experiences for founders and translate complex workflows into intuitive products.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of owning large, ambiguous systems end-to-end.
• Demonstrated experience defining and delivering large, ambiguous software initiatives from early product and technical exploration through production launch.
• Strong full-stack engineering skills, including experience building reliable backend services and polished user-facing product experiences.
• Ability to create technical direction and align teams with different priorities and constraints without relying on direct authority.
• Product-minded engineering judgment, with a deep commitment to understanding users and delivering meaningful outcomes for them and the business.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to move between strategic discussions and detailed technical decisions.
• A high quality bar and attention to detail across product experience, implementation, reliability, and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical strategy across Startup Products, connecting near-term product delivery to a cohesive, durable engineering vision.
• Lead large, ambiguous 0→1 initiatives from problem definition and architecture through implementation, safe launch, and iteration.
• Design, build, and maintain polished user experiences, reliable backend services, APIs, and systems.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and foundational investments early, creating incremental plans that de-risk the roadmap and accelerate future work.
• Partner with engineering teams across Stripe, building alignment and influencing their roadmaps and priorities when Startup Products depends on shared capabilities.
• Work directly with founders to understand their needs and translate complex legal, financial, and operational workflows into intuitive products.
• Raise the team’s engineering bar through clear standards, strong documentation, mentoring, and constructive technical feedback.
• Advise product and engineering leadership on emerging opportunities, technical constraints, and investments needed to support the team’s long-term ambitions.

Skills

Software architecture

End-to-end ownership

Full-stack engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Reliability & operations

Tools

Ruby

TypeScript

Job description

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Startup Products to shape technical strategy and lead major 0→1 initiatives from exploration to launch.

You will work across product surfaces, services, APIs, data models, and integrations with internal and external systems. You will partner with Product, Design, Legal, Data, Operations, and engineering teams to create trusted experiences for founders and translate complex workflows into intuitive products.