Staff Software Engineer, Stripe

• This is a Staff-level role - that typically means 10+ years of experience building and shipping complex, user-facing web applications at large scale
• Deep expertise in modern frontend development, with strong opinions on UI quality and the ability to execute to a high level of visual precision
• Track record of driving measurable improvements to UI consistency and polish across large, distributed products
• Experience working closely with Design teams and translating design intent into high-quality production implementation
• Demonstrated ability to work across a large codebase and bring coherence to high-traffic product surfaces
• At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns

Desirable

• As a Frontend Engineer on the Dashboard Product team, you’ll collaborate with skilled designers and engineers to drive UX excellence in the Stripe Dashboard. You’ll craft experiences that simplify complex tasks for merchants, ensuring high performance, seamless information architecture, and intuitive discoverability
• You’ll work on inventing new paradigms and elevating existing ones, with an eye toward broader use cases on the Dashboard. Working closely with designers and cross-functional groups, you’ll craft experiences that help merchants understand their business and execute essential tasks with surprising levels of ease and delight
• You’ll also mentor early-career engineers to raise our collective quality bar, all while exploring how emerging AI agents can unlock new, creative ways for merchants to interact with their business
• Own the frontend quality, consistency, and visual craft of the Stripe Dashboard's highest-traffic pages, with particular focus on core logged-in surfaces
• Identify and execute opportunities to improve consistency, performance, and polish across the Dashboard
• Partner closely with Design and Product,, serving as the technical voice on frontend feasibility, quality standards, and implementation approach
• Contribute to and advocate for the Stripe design system, ensuring components and patterns work well across the Dashboard and other product surfaces
• Establish frontend quality standards for the team, including patterns, code review practices, and implementation guidance for junior engineers
• Prototype and explore AI-powered experiences that change how merchants discover and interact with Stripe products
• Collaborate with backend engineers on integration points while keeping frontend craft as your core focus