Staff Software Engineer, API Platform

Stripe
San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Mentorship","Guidance","Communication","Problem-solving","Critical thinking"]

Lead a team within Stripe’s API Platform to build and expand service frameworks that make complex infrastructure easy, resilient, and scalable. Drive service-oriented architecture (SOA) adoption, collaborate with infrastructure and product engineering orgs, and provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture, design, and incident response. Partner with engineering leaders to set roadmaps and deliver high-quality solutions that meet both internal and external customer needs in an autonomous environment.

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Staff Software Engineer, API Platform

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Job Summary

Lead a team within Stripe’s API Platform to build and expand service frameworks that make complex infrastructure easy, resilient, and scalable. Drive service-oriented architecture (SOA) adoption, collaborate with infrastructure and product engineering orgs, and provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture, design, and incident response. Partner with engineering leaders to set roadmaps and deliver high-quality solutions that meet both internal and external customer needs in an autonomous environment.
Location: San Francisco, Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead a team of engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and support.
  • •Collaborate with Engineering Managers to create roadmaps aligned to a cohesive engineering vision.
  • •Prioritize engineering work by understanding user needs and pain points, delivering high-quality solutions.
  • •Drive project execution across the development lifecycle, maintaining quality and timely delivery.
  • •Provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture/design, requirements setting, and incident response processes.

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years of technical experience and 5+ years in a strategic technical leadership role.
  • •Experience leading engineering team(s) on API design, abstractions, frameworks, or client libraries for internal/external developer products.
  • •Hands-on experience building infrastructure and products for internal or external customers.
  • •Ability to lead from high-level strategy down to detailed coding and execution.
  • •Proficiency in at least one programming language: Java, Ruby, Python, or Go.
Experience:12+ yearsInfrastructure productsAPI platformsDeveloper tools
Skills:MentorshipGuidanceCommunicationProblem-solvingCritical thinking
Tech Stack:JavaRubyPythonGoAPI designKafkaKubernetes

Company Brief

Stripe
Provides payment processing APIs and financial infrastructure for internet businesses. Powers online payments for millions of companies from startups to Fortune 500s.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2010
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