Stripe
Senior Staff Engineer, FinSys Tech Lead
Stripe, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Who we are
About 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. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.About the team
The Finance Engineering team is at the core of Stripe to empower mission-critical financial domains including Accounting, Finance & Strategy, and Treasury. Engineers on the Financial Engineering team build platforms, data pipelines, and financial products. The use cases include financial analytics and insights, financial planning & forecasting, and financial business intelligence.What you’ll do
We are currently seeking a technical advisor that can span Finance-wide engineering projects. This role will partner closely with the Head of Finance Systems, with the goal of brainstorming technical action items, assisting with urgent technical follow-ups, and working with Stripe leadership.Responsibilities
Sr Staff or Principal engineer with 10+ years of software engineering experience
Ability to deeply understand Stripe products understand how it translates to Financial data
Familiarity with scalable data systems such as Spark, Flink, Trino, and Kafka
Hands-on technically: willingness to roll up sleeves and dive into technical details
Drive technical design across multiple engineering teams towards a business outcome
Excellent communicator and proactive in raising emergent risks or key trade-offs
Who you are
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
10+ years professional software development experience, including technical leadership of projects across teams or product areas
Experience leading complex discussions with sr leadership across the company.
Experience designing and implementing solutions to large scale data problems
Have delivered large scale production systems
Attention to high quality code
We work mostly in Scala, Java, Ruby, and Javascript. However, languages can be learned: we care much more about your general engineering skill than knowledge of a particular language or framework
Ability and willingness to commute to Stripe's South San Francisco or Seattle offices 2x / week
Preferred qualifications
Experience working with accounting, finance, and/or payments
Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.
The annual US base salary range for this role is $232,000 - $348,000. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.Office locationsSeattleTeamInfrastructure & Corporate TechJob typeFull timeApply for this role#J-18808-Ljbffr
About 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. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.About the team
The Finance Engineering team is at the core of Stripe to empower mission-critical financial domains including Accounting, Finance & Strategy, and Treasury. Engineers on the Financial Engineering team build platforms, data pipelines, and financial products. The use cases include financial analytics and insights, financial planning & forecasting, and financial business intelligence.What you’ll do
We are currently seeking a technical advisor that can span Finance-wide engineering projects. This role will partner closely with the Head of Finance Systems, with the goal of brainstorming technical action items, assisting with urgent technical follow-ups, and working with Stripe leadership.Responsibilities
Sr Staff or Principal engineer with 10+ years of software engineering experience
Ability to deeply understand Stripe products understand how it translates to Financial data
Familiarity with scalable data systems such as Spark, Flink, Trino, and Kafka
Hands-on technically: willingness to roll up sleeves and dive into technical details
Drive technical design across multiple engineering teams towards a business outcome
Excellent communicator and proactive in raising emergent risks or key trade-offs
Who you are
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
10+ years professional software development experience, including technical leadership of projects across teams or product areas
Experience leading complex discussions with sr leadership across the company.
Experience designing and implementing solutions to large scale data problems
Have delivered large scale production systems
Attention to high quality code
We work mostly in Scala, Java, Ruby, and Javascript. However, languages can be learned: we care much more about your general engineering skill than knowledge of a particular language or framework
Ability and willingness to commute to Stripe's South San Francisco or Seattle offices 2x / week
Preferred qualifications
Experience working with accounting, finance, and/or payments
Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.
The annual US base salary range for this role is $232,000 - $348,000. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.Office locationsSeattleTeamInfrastructure & Corporate TechJob typeFull timeApply for this role#J-18808-Ljbffr