Staff Engineer (Relocation offered)

What you'll do

As a Staff Engineer, you will serve as a tech lead and significantly contribute to the evolution of our platform at Stripe. Youll have the autonomy to make impactful decisions that enhance the reliability and security of our systems. Collaborating closely with engineering managers, senior engineers, and cross-functional partners, you will design and implement a technical architecture that supports scalability and delivers an exceptional user experience. You ll also play a key role in developing a suite of products that empower users to model and operate their businesses efficiently. Additionally, you ll help build and grow the team in India, mentoring fellow engineers while actively participating in building essential systems. Join us in driving transformative change at Stripe.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale technical projects that significantly impact users and the business.
• Make informed decisions on technology and architecture, serving as the primary decision-maker.
• Contribute to core interface design and code, exemplifying high standards of software quality.
• Navigate critical decisions by balancing software best practices, system realities, and stakeholder concerns.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and design teams to define product strategy and user experience.
• Manage the technical roadmap for the Revenue and Finance Automation suite, driving execution and leadership.
• Establish best practices and processes to enhance team effectiveness and foster a culture of learning.
• Mentor engineers at all levels, supporting their professional growth and technical leadership development.
• Own complex problems end-to-end, ensuring reliability and operability while considering business impact.
• Engage with the open-source community to adopt new features and contribute back to OSS.
• Serve as a role model for maintaining consistency across various codebases and processes.

Who you are

This role is for you if you have a strong background or interest in building successful products or systems; you re passionate about solving business problems and making direct impact on customers, and you are comfortable dealing with lots of moving pieces and learning new technologies and systems.

We re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• Experience: 10+ years in software development demonstrating relevant domain expertise and proven leadership in company-wide initiatives and technical roadmaps.
• Technical skills: Familiarity with distributed SQL engines (e.g., Trino), streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink), and search engines (e.g., OpenSearch/Elasticsearch). Proficient in writing high-quality code primarily in Scala, Java, and JavaScript; however, languages can be learned: we care much more about your general engineering skill than knowledge of a particular language or framework.
• Collaboration: Strong cross-functional skills, fostering trust and alignment with stakeholders at all levels while driving effective decision-making.
• Generalist approach: Enjoy working across frontend, backend, infrastructure, data pipelines, or billing pipelines as needed to solve problems and delight our users (you don t need to be an expert in all of these but it helps to be interested in learning about them).
• Leadership and mentorship: Experience mentoring engineers and supporting their development, while effectively providing and receiving constructive feedback.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while maintaining a focus on user needs and business impact.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience: Held roles as a Staff, Principal, or Distinguished Engineer and owned the technical roadmap for a business area while leading projects across multiple engineering teams.
• Inspiration: Recognized as a source of inspiration for fellow engineers, including those at senior levels.
• Industry experience: Worked in high-growth environments similar to Stripe; experience building products for developers, in customer support, or on operations teams.
• Domain knowledge: Domain expertise in accounting or financial management is a plus but not required.