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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 The Merchant Experience team builds the UI operating system and core experiences that power decades of growth for millions of businesses globally, enabling Stripe to be the business SaaS solution of choice for next-gen companies. We own the foundational platforms and product surfaces that merchants interact with every day—from the Stripe Dashboard to the frameworks and tooling that hundreds of Stripe engineers use to build world-class user interfaces. We're at an inflection point. AI is fundamentally changing how users interact with software, and we believe Stripe is uniquely positioned to reimagine what a merchant experience looks like in an AI-native world. At the same time, we're raising the bar on the quality and performance of everything we ship—because the millions of businesses that depend on Stripe deserve an experience that is fast, reliable, and crafted with care. What you'll do As a Senior Staff Engineer on the Merchant Experience team, you'll be a technical leader responsible for shaping the next generation of how Stripe merchants interact with our products. You'll drive a step-function improvement in the quality and performance of our core surfaces, and help define what AI-powered merchant experiences look like at Stripe. Responsibilities Define technical strategy for merchant-facing experiences across Stripe, with a focus on quality, performance, and the integration of AI into core user workflows Lead the design and delivery 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 Stripe Capital provides access to fast, flexible financing to businesses, with the mission of helping them accelerate their growth. Businesses use the funds for marketing, hiring, geographic expansion, working capital, new equipment purchases, and much more. Capital has scaled meaningfully over the last few years, both in terms of user impact (over 81,000 businesses received financing through Stripe Capital in 2025 alone) as well as financial impact as a business line within Stripe. Over 95% of our users say they love using Capital, making us one of the most popular products at Stripe—and we're just getting started. What you'll do The Capital PM team is responsible for three things—deeply understanding our users' needs, creating a lending and financing roadmap for the products we want to build, and leading a cross-functional team (across engineering, design, marketing, finance, and more) to get things done. In this role, you'll be responsible for Capital's International business, product suite, and roadmap. Capital is rapidly expanding across numerous countries and we've seen momentum and strong year-over-year growth. We're looking for a Product Manager who can own our international efforts end-to-end, setting the core vision and strategy as well as growing the existing business. This leader will effectively function as the "mini-GM" of the Capital International business, leading a cross-functional team across engineering, design, sales, mar

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 Billing organization at Stripe builds and operates Stripe Billing, a growing product vertical inside of Stripe. Hundreds of thousands of businesses of all sizes and types use Stripe Billing to collect revenue for recurring and one-time payments across a variety of different pricing models—from selling SaaS subscriptions, to orchestrating multi-stage contracts, delivering business analytics, and providing recovery and retention tools to prevent customer churn. To support even the most unique and complex business models, our technology and products must be configurable and programmable. This requires our team to innovate in how we model different types of businesses, and how we use technology to enable customers to piece together Stripe’s Billing’s platform primitives into holistic solutions that support any type of business. Through this work, Stripe Billing allows worry-free innovation and evolution of any customer’s business model. Stripe is defining the industry’s approach to Billing solutions; we’re looking for innovators to join us. What you’ll do We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team within the Stripe Billing organization. In this role, you will manage a high-performing team of engineers and partner closely with product managers and other cross-functional leaders to shape the team’s strategy and roadmap. You will excel in this role if you’re a product-focused engineering manager who can collaborate effe

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 Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA) team at Stripe is building a modern, revenue-focused, financial management platform for fast-growing, digital-native companies. Hundreds of thousands of businesses of all sizes and types use Stripe Billing to collect revenue for recurring and one-time payments across a variety of different pricing models—from selling SaaS subscriptions, to orchestrating multi-stage contracts, delivering Usage-Based Billing, and providing recovery and retention tools to prevent customer churn. What you'll do As an engineer on the team, you'll be responsible for shaping and building a suite of products that let our users model and operate their business more efficiently. You'll work on projects that span technologies, systems, and processes where you'll design, build, test, and ship code every day. In this cross-functional role, you'll collaborate with experts in infrastructure, security, design, and operations to build business-critical internal and external features that power Stripe users around the world. Responsibilities Design the next generation of Stripe products to meet the high-growth needs of our company and customers for years to come Deliver value through a strong collaborative, user-first approach with stakeholders and customers Mentor engineers to help them grow Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack Who you are We're looking for someone who meets the

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 Onboarding and Compliance Risk Strategy team serves as a key risk management function that partners with product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to bring products to market safely and responsibly. Our work spans money movement, money storage, lending, and emerging product areas including embedded finance, stablecoin settlement, and digital assets — requiring fluency in both traditional financial regulation and the compliance obligations unique to fintech-native products. We are seeking a strategic-minded and collaborative Risk professional to build and scale the risk management and compliance foundations for our Financial Account products, our new and existing credit products, and the global payment networks that power them. What you’ll do Stripe is building new products that expand the scope of problems we tackle beyond payments and into the rest of the financial stack. Right now this includes Capital, Financial Accounts, and Issuing - and there's more on the way. Stripe is a technology company that operates within the financial services industry, and you will need to be comfortable straddling both of those worlds every day. The right person for this role will thrive while working at the intersection of an emerging sector and a traditional industry, seek creative solutions to traditional problems, and enable the business responsibly while moving with urgency and focus. We are currently hiring for two roles, one with a focus on

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's mission is to increase the GDP of the internet — and we do that responsibly. The User Risk Strategy (URS) function is at the heart of that responsibility: it is the team that defines who Stripe can do business with , on what terms, and how those standards are maintained and enforced at scale. The function sits within the First Line of Defense in Stripe's Risk organization and is the authoritative owner of Stripe's supportability framework. We are looking for a seasoned leader to own and evolve the URS / Supportability function as a Manager of Managers (M2). In this role, you will lead a team of risk strategists and analysts across Ecosystem Strategy, New Product Enablement, User Insights & Enablement, Platform Risk Strategy, and Enforcement & Monitoring Strategy (EMS). You will be a senior leader in the Risk Strategy organization, shaping the direction of Stripe's supportability ecosystem and driving cross-functional decisions that directly influence Stripe's ability to grow safely. In this role, you will report into the Head of Risk Strategy and partner closely with Product, Engineering, Legal, Financial Crimes, Financial Partnerships, Operations, and GTM leadership. What you’ll do Responsibilities Strategy & Vision Own the long-term vision and strategy for Stripe's User Risk / Supportability function, ensuring legitimate users can use Stripe while protecting Stripe's financial platform, brand, and regulatory s

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 is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the world, and we’re scaling in every dimension: users, revenue, people, technology, processes, and more. The API Platform team is building the systems that support Stripe’s API. We’re looking for people passionate about distilling complexity across a breadth of problems, caring deeply about both our infrastructure and the experience of using our platform. We are major contributors to the latency, reliability, and efficiency of Stripe’s API, and you’ll be responsible for ensuring we maintain a reliable and secure platform. What you’ll do The API Platform is a unique environment where you’ll be working on the business-critical infrastructure and constructs that are behind Stripe’s products. This team owns the backbone that powers Stripe’s APIs, Developer, and User Experiences. If making systems efficient, scalable, and reliable in a highly fast-paced environment is your bread and butter, then this job is for you. Responsibilities Lead technical delivery and innovation for a team of talented engineers with a wide breadth of mission-critical ownership Lead technical vision for core code across Stripe APIs and webhooks, used by all developers at Stripe. Focus on efficiency, usability, and product partner happiness. Lead technical vision for deep infrastructure challenges across complex systems, ensuring best-in-class scaling, reliability, and efficiency. Coach a team of talented engi

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 processes over $1.9T in payments volume per year, which is roughly 1.6% of the world's GDP, for millions of customers from startups to enterprises. The tremendous amount of data makes Stripe one of the best places to do machine learning. While being an integral part of almost every product line at Stripe (e.g., Payments, Radar, Capital, Billing, etc.), we have lots of exciting opportunities to innovate in ML Platform at Stripe. The ML Platform team builds the platforms and services that enable ML engineers and data scientists across Stripe to take data and build features and models from prototype to production—reliably, at low latency, and at scale. Our scope spans ML training infrastructure, model serving and deployment, feature computation and online serving, observability and monitoring, and agentic AI capabilities. We work closely with product teams, data scientists, and platform infrastructure teams to build powerful, flexible, and user-friendly systems that substantially increase ML velocity across the company. What you'll do You'll serve as a technical lead across the ML Platform space and a key contributor to the evolution of the platforms that power Stripe's ML-driven products. As a Staff Engineer, you'll make decisions with a large impact on Stripe. You'll influence our investments and strategy while making our systems more reliable, secure, and a delight to use. You'll work cross-functionally with other technical staff, dat

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 One of the key drivers to our success is an exceptional emphasis on our people. We believe that our competitive advantage lies in our talent and that we can build a sustainable advantage by enabling individuals and teams to contribute their full potential. Stripe is looking for a People Partner (HRBP) to drive that effort. This includes supporting leaders and senior managers through scale, creating an environment where Stripes of all backgrounds can thrive, aligning our business strategy with our people strategy, using data to develop best practices from 1st principles. What you’ll do As a People Partner, you’ll partner with senior business leaders and managers to develop and deliver on our people strategy, advance our company mission and enable leaders to build high impact, healthy teams to deliver outstanding results to Stripe users. Responsibilities Act as a strategic consultant to leaders, partnering to guide and enable them in aligning their business and people strategies to optimize user and Stripe experience Collaborate, develop and drive programs cross functionally to advance the People Strategy for Stripe Leverage data, insights and craft to inform design and decisions on strategy, structure and programs and promote org health and productivity Advise and coach leaders and managers on org design and strategy, change management interventions and other key organizational initiatives focused on optimizing for efficiency, seamless cross-

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 At Stripe, our Mexico City/Bangalore office is a vibrant hub at the forefront of our mission to reshape the financial landscape for businesses worldwide. Our team prioritizes collaboration, innovation, and excellence. As a member of the team, you'll be part of a mission-driven community dedicated to enhancing the global economy and increasing the GDP of the internet. We strive for excellence by creating with craft and beauty, while having fun and celebrating our successes together. We cultivate a culture of collaboration, inclusivity and support where every team member’s voice matters. Our commitment shines through as we handle over a million support cases each year, empowering our users not just to solve problems but to achieve their goals. This role will be part of the Quality Team within Risk Ops Enablement that is responsible for performing quality checks for the FinCrimes operations team under Risk LOB. What you’ll do We are looking for someone who is passionate about fighting financial crimes and is an experienced Quality Analyst to conduct quality reviews and oversee the day- to-day quality assurance of the (AML/EDD/Sanctions/PEP) . We are looking for someone with an eye for detail, is obsessed with quality processes and outcomes, and values efficiency. In this position, you will be responsible for conducting quality audits and providing oversight and maintenance of the process to measure and improve the quality of our Sanctions vertical. The ri

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 Stripe mission is to build the economic infrastructure for the internet. Risk and Compliance Engineering builds products to lower financial and regulatory risk at scale for Stripe, while retaining a best-in-class user experience. We build user-facing products and backend platforms to ensure our users are compliant with regulatory and financial partner requirements. We protect the Stripe brand while also protecting the company from financial losses that can put the Stripe business at risk. The Risk TPM team is crucial to driving programs to address these challenges. What you'll do As a Technical Program Manager in the Risk and Compliance space, you'll play a key role across engineering, product, and strategy to drive programs that span across the Risk organization and Stripe. You'll be responsible for the successful definition, cross-functional strategy, planning, and execution of large-scale technical programs that help to solve complex problems and empower Stripe and our users. Responsibilities • Execute on technical programs that require deep systems and engineering knowledge. • Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and other cross-functional partners to define, scope, and drive large programs to conclusion. • Develop, implement, and iterate on program management techniques, frameworks, and key performance indicators to achieve goals with well-defined success criteria. • Make substantial improvements to how the teams you

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’s mission is to build the economic infrastructure for the internet. Risk and Compliance Engineering builds products to lower Stripe’s financial and regulatory risk at scale, while retaining a best in class user experience. We build user-facing products, and backend platforms to ensure Stripe’s users are compliant with regulatory and financial partner requirements. We protect Stripe’s brand while also protecting the company from financial losses that can put Stripe’s business at risk. The Risk TPM team is crucial to driving programs to address these challenges. What you’ll do As a Technical Program Manager in the Risk and Compliance space, you will play a key role across engineering, product, and strategy to drive programs that span across the Risk organization and Stripe. You will be responsible for the successful definition, cross-functional strategy, planning and execution of large-scale technical programs that help to solve complex problems and empower Stripe and our users. Responsibilities Execute on technical programs that require deep systems and engineering knowledge. Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and other cross functional partners to define, scope, and drive large programs to conclusion. Develop, implement, and iterate on program management techniques, frameworks, and KPIs to achieve goals with well defined success criteria. Make substantial improvements to how the teams you work with communi

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, risk will increase in complexity and scale. The Industry Expansion Strategy team protects Stripe's business and mission by building the policies, frameworks, and practices that enable Stripe to support businesses in complex, highly regulated industries. As Stripe expands into new markets and products, we unlock revenue, advance trust, and set the standard for what responsible growth looks like at scale. What you’ll do Stripe's financial infrastructure only works if merchants can trust it—and that trust depends on us staying ahead of card network requirements. The Industry Expansion Strategy team owns that problem globally. As part of the team, you'll be the person who ensures our merchant portfolio stays compliant with Visa, Mastercard, and other card network rules as Stripe scales globally. This isn't a passive monitoring role. You'll work directly with Sales, merchants, card networks, and internal Risk and Compliance teams to catch issues early, fix them fast, and build processes that move Stripe ahead. 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 Own oversight of merchant risk management processes for Payment Facilitators, Marketplace, and other Third Party Agents/Servicers, including: preparing merch

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 We're creating an entirely new payments platform, built with stablecoins, to simplify global money movement. Bridge enables faster, cheaper payments and borderless access to dollars via stablecoins. Through our APIs, businesses can send and receive funds across borders faster and cheaper than SWIFT and other fiat-only rails. Our virtual accounts enable international consumers and businesses to easily access, store, and spend US dollars. Our payouts infrastructure enables platforms to disburse USD to anyone globally. We believe many trillions of dollars will move and settle through stablecoin payment rails. Bridge is pulling this future forward. We have a small team of people who have previously built financial infrastructure at some of the world's leading companies (Coinbase, Stripe, Square, Brex, Upstart, DoorDash, Airbnb), and each and every one of them chose Bridge because they fundamentally believe that stablecoins will be a critical piece of financial infrastructure that improves global money movement. What you'll do As part of our growing Product Support team, you will be a critical driver in delivering outstanding user experiences. This role goes beyond basic troubleshooting—it's about using your technical expertise, diagnostic mindset, and project management skills to improve our support systems, processes, and product quality. You will own complex technical user issues and coordinate with cross-functional teams, including Engineerin

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's Developer & End-user Experience Platform (DEEP) organization empowers all of Stripe's products with a shared product platform that helps with rapidly delivering high-quality, cross-product experiences across our UI and API surfaces. It focuses on providing a consistent and scalable developer experience that any developer (both internal and external) can leverage to accelerate a merchant's ability to create value using Stripe. Team matching — exact team matching for one of the subteams will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. More information on our team matching process can be found here . What you’ll do We're looking for Backend Engineers who want to make an impact on managing money at a global scale with a passion for building ergonomic APIs. You'll play a key role in extending our balance management platform and in building out a new funds accessibility platform that enterprises and SMBs use. Our team collaborates with many cross-functional teams—from Infrastructure to Product—at Stripe to deliver innovative solutions that address evolving user needs. Responsibilities Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and large-scale systems that reliably and efficiently handle billions of money movement requests Debug and solve critical production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack Mentor engineers to help them grow C