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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 Our mission is to enable effective financial decisions through reliable data, increased efficiency, and automation. We support Marketing, Sales, Seller, Accounting, Tax, Finance and Strategy (F&S), Finance Operations (FinOps), and Treasury functions across automation, data insights, and process improvements. You may work on a wide variety of critical business areas including Seller Systems — Responsible for building the systems and tooling that make sellers and internal revenue teams at Stripe dramatically more productive and effective. We partner with Sales, Finance, Legal, and Product to deliver a single "plane of glass" selling experience that spans deal creation and modeling, negotiation and approvals, contracting, onboarding, and activation. The Seller Systems team composes first‑party, custom Stripe components with best‑in‑class third‑party business systems to deliver configurable, auditable, and globally scalable workflows. Engineers on Seller Systems build services, APIs, integrations, data pipelines, and internal UIs that power seller productivity, reduce time‑to‑activation, improve deal velocity, and enable AI‑driven assistive workflows. Use cases include deal modeling and pricing engines, approval and orchestration platforms, CLM/CPQ integrations, onboarding automation, seller analytics, and AI‑assisted seller tooling. Finance Engineering — Responsible for building the robust and scalable infrastructure that powers

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 Stripe provides regulated payments and financial services products, and also has a number of regulated subsidiaries, including in the United States (Money Transmitter and lending licenses). These licenses have programs of periodic and ad hoc regulatory reporting stemming from license requirements, and are critical aspects of the supervisory mechanisms for these entities. The Global Regulatory Reporting team leads the process by which we report regulatory data externally to regulators in support of our payments licenses. What you'll do In this role, you'll support the Global Regulatory Reporting team by partnering with Legal, Compliance, Accounting, Business and Product, and Data Analytics teams across Stripe to maintain the Stripe North American regulatory reporting program. This includes understanding and documenting the applicable regulatory reporting requirements in the region, implementing systems and processes for comprehensively tracking those requirements for each of the Stripe North American entities, maintaining the end-to-end processes for the collation of data, production of reports, and continuously monitoring compliance to meet the expectations of regulators. Stripe is both a technology company and a financial services company, and you'll need to be comfortable straddling both of those worlds every day. You'll enjoy dealing with that puzzle, seeking creative solutions and moving quickly, often in the face of ambiguity. Respo

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 As Stripe continues to develop innovative products that serve businesses of all sizes around the world, risk will increase in complexity and scale. The User Risk Strategy org protects and advances Stripe's business, brand, and mission by building and deploying market-leading policies and practices that instill user and partner trust in Stripe while enabling business growth. What you’ll do Under the User Risk Strategy org, you will be part of the Platform Risk Strategy team. Our focus is to unlock new expansion opportunities for existing platforms and enable platforms to manage their risk and grow on Stripe. In this role, you will partner with Compliance, Legal, Financial Partnerships, Product and other Risk functions to design and execute on custom risk mitigation strategies for existing Stripe users. You will also provide expert guidance and analyses to help grow novel business models on Stripe, and ensure companies are growing and operating on Stripe in a compliant manner. We are looking for someone who is passionate about navigating ambiguity, enabling business growth while balancing risk, and is skilled at identifying ways to improve user experience. Responsibilities Partner with Stripe's Sales, Legal, Compliance Product, and Financial Partnerships teams to drive sophisticated solutions and ensure a positive experience for Stripe's largest users. Evaluate emerging industry and supportability use cases and develop the frameworks that allo

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 The Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) team is accountable for defining, maintaining, and overseeing the third-party risk framework, policy, and inventory in accordance with management expectations and best practices. We are focused on assessing and managing risks exposed through our relationships with third parties, adhering to regulatory guidance, and driving operational efficiencies across risk teams. What you'll do In this role, you'll support and maintain a robust framework for identifying, assessing, and managing third-party risks to protect Stripe. You'll partner with cross-functional Risk Domain Owners, Procurement subteams, Legal, and other stakeholders to apply a unified Third Party Risk Framework across risk and compliance areas. You'll maintain the existing Stripe Third Party Risk Program, Policy, and Standards, while further developing new Standards to propel the maturity of the Third Party Risk Program. Responsibilities Maintain the Global Third Party Risk Management Program, Policy, and Framework, ensuring alignment with relevant regulations, standards, and best practices Launch and mature nascent risk domains to increase overall program maturity Design and support an enhanced oversight model for specialized third-party types including Partnerships and Contingent Workers Design and enhance elements of the existing Third Party Risk Framework including offboarding and incident monitoring, among other areas Build an

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 Stripe will succeed at our mission of increasing the GDP of the internet only if we preserve Stripe users’ trust. To achieve their trust, the team is building authorization infrastructure and a platform that ensures proper authorization for users and services. We enforce access controls and provide access observability and policy governance. We collaborate with teams across Stripe to adopt our authorization platform to protect their resources, especially Stripe users’ data. Ultimately we ensure resources across Stripe are accessed securely and in compliance with policies, hence maintaining Stripe users’ trust. What you’ll do We’re looking for an engineer who is passionate about addressing tough problems in the authorization space. This role is critical, not only for Stripe, but for the future of the commercial internet. Responsibilities Build and maintain reliable, performant and scalable authorization infrastructure (e.g. libraries, frameworks, services). Build comprehensive understanding of authorization needs of our users (e.g. product teams and infrastructure teams). Build comprehensive, easy-to-use, and policy driven authorization solutions. Collaborate with our users to adopt our authorization solutions to protect their resources by providing a great user experience. Build access visibility and continuous policy governance to empower resource owners, legal and compliance to put risk of inappropriate access under control. Wh

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 The Financial Crimes Risk Strategy team owns our first-line AML and sanctions programs globally. We own the end-to-end lifecycle of financial crime controls. We set the global standards that govern how risk is managed across our programs, design and drive the development of controls, infrastructure, and tooling with Engineering, Product, and Data Science, and maintain their effectiveness as our products and the regulatory landscape evolve. We build fast, with data, and with AI integrated into how financial crime risk is detected, managed, and monitored across everything Stripe builds. What you'll do As a Risk Strategist on the Financial Crimes Risk Strategy team, you'll own our global screening programs — spanning sanctions, PEP, and negative news — setting the standards that govern how screening risk is managed, designing and driving the controls that operationalize those standards, and ensuring they remain effective as our products and the regulatory landscape evolve. Being effective in this role means going deep on both the domain and the data — we don't separate the two. You'll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Compliance, Legal, other Risk Strategy functions, and Operations to ensure screening considerations are embedded in every product and market decision. Beyond protecting against risk, you'll drive innovation in how Stripe approaches screening — staying ahead of regulatory change and pushing the boundaries of

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 The Link Partnerships team sources, develops, and manages relationships with the payments ecosystem partners that power Link, Stripe's consumer wallet. Our team drives the growth and utility of Link by building partnerships with card networks, card issuers, local payment methods, crypto providers, and emerging commerce platforms. We execute on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that expand Link's acceptance, improve performance, and enable new payment experiences—including agentic commerce. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and the products used by millions of our users. What you’ll do We're looking for a Partner Development Manager who builds and manages Link's payments partnerships with card networks, card issuers, local payment method providers, and crypto and stablecoin providers. You'll own the strategy and execution of partnerships that expand Link's payment capabilities, improve transaction performance, and position Link as the default payments layer for agentic commerce. You'll negotiate commercial agreements, drive technical integrations, and shape Link's payments roadmap in collaboration with these partners. As part of these efforts, you'll collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Risk, and others. You'll also lead relationship management and partner closely with external partners' executive leadership. Responsibilities Define and execute

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 This role is open to remote candidates located anywhere within the Eastern Time Zone. The Cash Platform team is part of Stripe's Money Movement Services Platform. We manage Stripe's FX and cash positions across the globe, owning two of the most commercially critical problems in our business: delivering the best possible FX trades for our users, and optimizing the cost and routing of cross-border payouts across countries. Stripe recently launched its own in-house bank, enabling near-instant movement of funds across accounts worldwide—and Cash Platform is at the center of bringing that infrastructure to Stripe's products and, increasingly, to our customers. What you'll do You'll work closely with engineering teams across Cash Platform and Money Movement Services, cross-functional partners spanning Legal, Treasury, Financial Crimes, and Sales, and senior stakeholders inside and outside Stripe. You'll define the strategy and roadmap for Stripe's FX and cross-border payout products, drive cost optimization and routing decisions at scale, and help shape the path toward monetizing Stripe's in-house banking infrastructure for users globally. Responsibilities You are expected to: Deeply understand the competitive landscape and define clear benchmarks for where Stripe's FX and cross-border payout products need to be Own the product strategy and roadmap for Cash Platform, balancing near-term cost and performance optimization with longer-term platform m

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 The Global Payment Methods and Expansion Partnerships team develops and manages relationships with payment methods and financial partners that enable Stripe’s product strategy, and delivers new capabilities in new and existing markets to Stripe users. Our team executes on high-impact, cross-functional initiatives across new products, geographic expansion, user advocacy, and policy. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and the products used by millions of our users. What you’ll do We are looking for a new member to join our team to develop and execute on high-impact initiatives with both payment method partners and expansion partners in new and existing markets, focusing on EMEA. These partnerships form the basis of Stripe’s product. As part of these efforts, you will be responsible for deal negotiation and execution for our EMEA payment methods and expansion business. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact and contribute to the growth and success of Stripe's payment method partners. The role will require close coordination with product and engineering teams, as well as cross-functional stakeholders including go to market teams, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Risk, etc., and with external partners’ senior executives. Responsibilities Identify opportunities and craft partnership and product strategies for market expansion and payment method partners in existing markets in EMEA Execute deals,

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 The People Operations and Insights team drives project management rigor for the People team and our stakeholders. We empower and enable innovative, connected People products and programs that advance our shared goals and support sustainable growth. As a Project Manager on our team, you will be responsible for working across our People pillars to champion our delivery across all impacting project/program and portfolios. You will manage projects end-to-end or cross functionally, effectively navigating complex organizational dynamics. You will utilize structured project management methodologies to ensure successful delivery and adoption of high-priority initiatives with our internal team and our users. What you’ll do Responsibilities Tackle hard, ambiguous questions with rigor and independence, owning projects from problem definition to final recommendation. Develop and implement project plans, optimize workflows and ensure all stakeholders are informed and engaged throughout the process. Monitor project progress, identify potential risks, and proactively implement mitigation strategies to ensure timely and successful project delivery. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including legal, finance, and engineering to identify areas for improvement in processes and controls. Establish and maintain effective project governance, ensuring that all project activities, decisions, and key milestones comply with standards and best practice

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 The Financial Partnerships team sits within the Global Partnerships organization and is a key component of our success. Our team is responsible for developing and managing relationships with the global and regional banks that enable the Stripe product strategy and deliver new capabilities to Stripe users. Our team executes on high-impact, cross-functional product partnership initiatives across existing products and early-stage "up the stack" financial products. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and are essential for us to offer products used by millions of our users. What you'll do We're looking for a Partner Development Manager to join the Financial Partnerships team. You'll be responsible for developing and executing the multi-year, global strategies for building our relationships across many of our most important banking partners. You'll focus on designing, scaling, and continuously improving mechanisms to deepen relationships with our partners, as well as highly impactful programs key to differentiating Stripe. As part of these efforts, you'll collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders (including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Risk, etc.), and with the banking partners' executive teams. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to manage and develop partners, think strategically and apply diagnostic thinking to business, product, and technical challenges, and earn trust with and inf

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 The Network Partnerships team sits within the Partnerships organization and is a key component of Stripe's success. Our team is responsible for developing and managing relationships with critical partners, such as Visa, Mastercard, and American Express, which are fundamental to the success of Stripe's product strategy and delivering new capabilities to Stripe users. What you'll do We're looking for a US or Canada-based candidate to join our team to lead one of Stripe's critical network partnerships. The candidate will manage overall partner health, build internal strategy and business cases, drive deal negotiation and execution, and coordinate priorities with internal teams and external partners. The role requires close coordination with leadership, product and engineering teams, as well as cross-functional stakeholders including Legal, Finance, Risk, etc., and with external partners' leaders and senior executives. This is a high-impact individual contributor role that requires the ability to rally cross-functional teams and flex "general manager" skills to shepherd a meaningful portion of Stripe's P&L. Responsibilities Manage one of Stripe's most critical U.S. Network partnerships, with a focus on driving the execution of joint initiatives and launching new offerings to benefit Stripe users Leverage industry knowledge to craft thoughtful long-term partnership and product strategies, and execute deals and initiatives that support Stripe'

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 The Finance Operations (FinOps) team provides and enhances core business services that are the backbone of Stripe. FinOps uses data and operational excellence to deliver technology solutions, payroll services, operational excellence, and monetization services to Stripe. What you'll do We're looking for a Monetization Operations Analyst to join our growing team. You'll help us improve user experience through accurate and timely onboarding of contracts and workflows, and deliver improvements in our integrated financial systems with business partners, financial colleagues, and engineers. Responsibilities Onboard sold custom contracts into our billing systems. Work with legal contracts with strong attention to detail and accuracy. Develop and manage scalable billing and collection processes for complex user agreements and new business operations. Build scalable and auditable onboarding processes for new and existing users. Partner with internal systems, global deal management, legal, sales ops, internal audit, go-to-market, engineering, and accounting teams to develop and improve processes for contract reviews and to anticipate changing business requirements. Partner with account managers to resolve user inquiries related to onboarding implementation, billing, and collections. Advocate for the customer to internal stakeholders. Share system feedback and insights with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Support, and Legal on innovation and im

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 The Ecosystem Risk Product Management team sits at the intersection of growth and protection. Our focus is twofold. We enable online businesses—including those in emerging and regulated industries—to start and grow on Stripe, while protecting consumers, merchants, and partners from financial crimes. We build financial infrastructure at scale that powers every transaction on Stripe, deliver merchant-facing UI and API experiences, and develop AI-driven solutions to some of the hardest and most exciting challenges in the digital economy. What you'll do Responsibilities Own the vision and multi-year roadmap for AI-powered financial crimes controls—spanning detection, investigation, information collection, and the UI and API surfaces that tie them together. Build core infrastructure that underpins Stripe's growing suite of products and services. • Develop investigator tools that power accurate case reviews using the best of AI and human expertise. Drive cross-functional execution by partnering closely with engineering, operations, design, data science, go-to-market, legal, and product teams across Stripe. Define and own success metrics, navigate complex trade-offs, drive prioritization, and measure outcomes with rigor to demonstrate impact. Align leadership and stakeholders by synthesizing input from across the organization and external sources, and communicating a clear point of view to peers and executives. Monitor the external landscape—re

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 Manage one or more priority payment-method partnerships, with a focus on driving the execution of joint initiatives and launching new offerings that benefit Stripe users Manage go-to-market strategy and enablement for defined payment-method partners, products, or geographies, creating and executing plans that increase distribution and adoption across Stripe’s user base Manage internal and external stakeholders with varying priorities and drive alignment on shared goals. Ensure methodical partner and deal management rooted in clear milestones, performance metrics, and mutual opportunities Use industry and partner knowledge to inform thoughtful partnership and product plans, and execute agreements and initiatives that support Stripe’s established strategy Gather input from and coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, including Risk, Legal, Product, and Engineering, to execute partner initiatives and related product plans Work with Sales, Product Sales, Marketing, and Product Marketing to create enablement resources and drive initiatives that increase payment-method adoption within Stripe’s user base Identify partner stakeholders who can champion Stripe, educate them on Stripe’s value proposition, and build alignment between Stripe and partner teams Bring an operationally focused mindset to relationship management, set clear goals, run tight processes, and proactively identify opportunities to improve execution Who you are We're looking f