Staff Engineer

Summary

Join Stripe's Connect Risk and Compliance team as a Staff Software Engineer and play a critical role in transforming risk management and compliance experiences for Connect platforms. Lead the technical strategy for building resilient and scalable systems that empower platforms to seamlessly manage their financial business obligations. Shape innovative solutions to mitigate risk and enhance compliance, ensuring a frictionless experience for platforms and their users. Lead large-scale initiatives, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and act as a subject matter expert in platform risk management. Mentor and guide engineers, ensuring Stripe maintains its position as a stable and trusted guardian in the financial ecosystem.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience, with a focus on building and maintaining data-driven applications, along with a proven track record of delivering large, complex projects on time
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and influence cross-functional teams, driving clarity and alignment on project goals while ensuring successful delivery of high-quality software
• Proficient in developing production-grade backend applications and maintaining frontend systems with integrated APIs, along with experience in various data storage solutions
• Experience in navigating and resolving ambiguous problems, applying creative and analytical thinking to find solutions that align with business objectives and user needs
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts and technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, while influencing key stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Hands-on software engineering
• Drive the design and development of robust systems that provide proactive risk management solutions, enabling platforms to understand, act on, and manage risk issues effectively
• Write code that solves for our most complex problems
• Bring a deep systems expertise and the lessons learned from fixing things when they go wrong
• Lead large-scale initiatives that drive engineering and customer impact
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams within Connect, Risk, and Radar to build features that address the diverse needs of global platforms, focusing on risk and compliance requirements
• Lead efforts to reduce platform degradation and support contact rates by architecting systems that provide clear, actionable insights and paved roads for platforms and their connected accounts
• Act as a subject matter expert in platform risk management, evaluating, refining, and implementing technical strategies to align with our north star experience goals
• Advocate for transparent, configurable protections, ensuring platforms have the tools and visibility needed to reduce fraudulent activity and maintain compliance
• Engage with stakeholders, including legal and financial partners, to ensure that our risk systems meet operational, regulatory, and business model requirements of Connect users
• Mentor and guide engineers within the team, amplifying their impact through effective code reviews, technical mentoring, and strategic direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with inside Risk, Compliance, PaaS domains
• Expertise building web applications using modern frontend frameworks such as React
• Proven experience building and optimizing GraphQL APIs. Ruby development is a plus
• Experience working with large-scale data systems such as Presto/Trino, MongoDB and Apache Pinot