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Staff Engineer, Payments

Stripe

Seattle 8556 LPM Core - Eng 3d ago

Backend Engineer/API, Payments and Risk

Stripe

Dublin, Ireland 8556 LPM Core - Eng 3d ago

Staff Engineer, Payments

Stripe · Seattle

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8556 LPM Core - Eng US Posted May 4, 2026

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

What you’ll do

Engineers on the team have the opportunity to expand the reach of Stripe’s global payments network, design and implement novel payment capabilities, and deliver best-in-class reliability and performance.

Learn more about payment methods at Stripe’s Payment Methods Guide.

Responsibilities

Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests
Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Partner with Engineering Managers to create roadmaps that deliver milestones toward a cohesive engineering vision.
Serve as a role model for our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you will encounter
Arbitrate critical decisions correctly that fully consider software best practices, Stripe system realities, and numerous stakeholders’ preferences and concerns
Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization such as experts product, design, infrastructure, and operations
Teach and mentor the next generation of technical leaders at Stripe

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

12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of experience in a strategic technical leadership role.
Experience leading engineering team(s) working on API design, abstractions, frameworks, or client libraries (e.g. building internal or external developer products).
Proven track record of delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth
Ability to adjust conversations from high-level discussions to detailed coding
Thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
Clear and persuasive writing and in-person communication
Strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, determination, and a growth mindset
Ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people, genuinely caring for each other and contributing to high level of psychological safety for all team members and partner

Preferred qualifications

Prior knowledge in the financial technology space, particularly in payment processing.

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Backend Engineer/API, Payments and Risk

Stripe · Dublin, Ireland

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8556 LPM Core - Eng Ireland Locations Posted May 4, 2026

Note: if you are an intern, new grad, or staff applicant, please do not apply using this link and visit our jobs page for those specific postings.

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 Organization

The Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. The Risk Engineering team develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, thereby safeguarding Stripe’s brand and financial stability.

Team Matching: exact team matching for one of the subteams within this org will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found here.

What you’ll do

We’re looking for Backend engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. You’ll play a key role in extending our balance management platform and in building out a new funds accessibility platform leveraged by enterprises and SMBs alike. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams – from Infrastructure to Product – at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs.

Responsibilities

Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests
Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
Mentor engineers to help them grow
Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to build new features at large-scale, while improving internal engineering standards, tooling, and processes
Collaborate effectively in a distributed and hybrid team, maintaining open communication and strong connections with colleagues

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

2-12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships nor includes co-ops)
Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job so our interview process is language agnostic)
Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers’ success
Have the ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy, responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial
Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems
Good understanding and practical knowledge in cloud based services (e.g. gRPC, GraphQL, Docker/Kubernetes, cloud services such as AWS, etc.)

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