Staff Backend Engineer, Stripe

• 6+ years of experience in full time software development roles
• You can work effectively across the stack from top to bottom, comfortably navigating codebases with different languages and tools
• You’re self-directed and can operate autonomously across multiple teams to deliver scaled impact
• Experience as a technical lead, including defining the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions
• Experience mentoring and growing senior engineers as their technical leader

Desirable

• Billing Subscriptions team members have the opportunity to design and extend Stripe's public Subscriptions & Quotes API, build abstractions spanning multiple teams and think about the future of Stripe's Billing architecture
• We are looking for a Staff Engineer who is passionate about delighting users and building elegant APIs that enable merchants to run and scale their businesses on top of Stripe
• You will work closely with our highly technical users to understand their needs and to build products that help them be more successful on Stripe
• Help build our next generation Subscription primitives that will power many higher order APIs
• Lead by example in designing, developing and delivering optimized, delightful product experiences
• Partner closely with engineering, product, and design leadership to define our product-led growth strategy
• Establish best practices, frameworks, and repeatable processes that enable us to measure the impact of every feature that we ship
• Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation
• Develop and lead the team to execute against both short-term and long-term roadmaps
• Work in a variety of languages and technologies, including Ruby, Java and Typescript
• Mentor and coach individual contributors to become the next generation of leaders at Stripe