Staff Software Engineer

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Staff Software Engineer in USA

Stripe
Full time
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USA
10/06/2026
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Seattle, WA

Responsibilities

Define and drive technical strategy across Link Consumer.
Lead large, ambiguous initiatives from problem definition and architecture through implementation, launch, and iteration.
Design, build, and maintain user experiences, backend services, APIs, and systems.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and foundational investments while creating incremental delivery plans.
Partner with engineering teams across Stripe to align shared capabilities, roadmaps, and priorities.
Establish code patterns and standards across React, JavaScript, CSS, GraphQL, Ruby APIs, and LLM-powered systems.
Ensure UI and backend components are reliable, secure, extensible, and accessible.
Define operational processes, lead production issue response, and drive remediations that reduce risk.

Requirements

8+ years of backend and/or full-stack software development experience owning large, ambiguous systems end-to-end.
Experience leading the design and delivery of large, complex software projects from definition through production launch.
Strong full-stack engineering skills, including reliable backend services and polished user-facing experiences.
Experience leading and unblocking engineers on a substantial project as a senior individual contributor.
Ability to frame ambiguous problems, make durable technical decisions, and create actionable plans.
Strong cross-functional and cross-organizational collaboration skills.
Strong judgment around reliability, operational excellence, security, and maintainability.
A product-minded approach focused on meaningful user and business outcomes.
Preferred: experience with Java, Ruby, and/or TypeScript.
Preferred: experience with payments, money movement, fintech, regulated financial products, consumer products at scale, or 0-to-1 product development.
Preferred: familiarity with LLM-powered products, evaluations, or agentic assistants.

Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.

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