Tax Tech Lead: AI-Driven Data & Automation

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 seeks a Tax Technology Lead to accelerate the tax team's digital transformation and align tax strategies with engineering and product goals.

You will engineer a tech-forward department, reduce legacy dependencies, and build a real-time Tax Data Warehouse that provides global visibility into liabilities.

Office presence is expected, with collaboration across Stripe's engineering, finance, and product orgs to deliver scalable tax solutions and governance through automated testing and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Go or Java with a background in software development or data engineering.
• 12+ years of experience at the intersection of tax and technology, leading digital transformations in fintech or high-growth sectors.
• Deep experience managing technical debt and leading sprints to resolve complex tax challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to work with engineering and product leads to prioritize a technology roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Refine the Tax team's strategic technology roadmap and develop a multi-year execution plan, defining key objectives, milestones, and initiatives to drive long-term success.
• Lead and arrange training for Tax team members to strengthen their proficiency in and adoption of technology solutions, advancing the goal of building the most tech-forward tax department.
• Act as a player-coach to architect complex systems and lead tax engineers in building proprietary APIs to bridge global financial systems. Partner with and guide Tax team stakeholders to develop practical, actionable tax requirements that balance technical accuracy with the pace of technology development and adoption.
• Lead interactions with internal and external resources focused on delivering against the tax technology roadmap. Hold internal and external resources accountable for delivering to the Tax team. Optimize and be accountable for internal and external resources delivering the best product on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with engineering stakeholders to build a robust, real-time Tax Data Warehouse, ensuring global visibility into tax liabilities.
• Serve as the technical bridge to integrate tax logic into Stripe's foundational infrastructure in a scalable and robust way.
• Replace manual compliance processes with automated monitoring and algorithmic anomaly detection.

Skills

Python

SQL

Go or Java

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Data Science

Job description

Stripe seeks a Tax Technology Lead to accelerate the tax team's digital transformation and align tax strategies with engineering and product goals.

You will engineer a tech-forward department, reduce legacy dependencies, and build a real-time Tax Data Warehouse that provides global visibility into liabilities.

Office presence is expected, with collaboration across Stripe's engineering, finance, and product orgs to deliver scalable tax solutions and governance through automated testing and CI/CD.