# Staff Software Engineer, Payment Systems at Stripe

- Company: Stripe
- What the company does: Stripe is a financial services platform that helps all types of businesses accept payments, build flexible billing models, and manage money movement. Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: https://stripe.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Seattle, New York, San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://stripe.com/jobs/search?gh_jid=8172164&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/stripe-staff-software-engineer-payment-systems/

## About the role

As a Staff Engineer on Payment Intelligence, you’ll work across our product portfolio to ensure we’re building in a consistent, efficient, and effective manner. Experience with large, distributed systems on the critical path will help candidates succeed, as will comfort working across the stack and interacting with ML teams and models. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of experience in a strategic technical leadership role
- Experience leading engineering team(s) working on Distributed systems, API design, and user facing products
- Proven track record of delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth
- Ability to drive projects at a high-level while also being hands on and contributing directly to technical solutions as necessary
- Effective communication skills and a proven ability to work cross-team, cross-org, and cross-functionally

Tags: PayIntel - Eng

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/stripe-staff-software-engineer-payment-systems/
