Staff Software Engineer, Link
StripePayments company
On-siteLead
Andreessen Horowitz
Sequoia Capital
Thrive Capital
Founders Fund
Peter Thiel
Elon Musk
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead the design and delivery of new money-movement capabilities in Link, transforming it into a global consumer financial platform.
- •Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses.
- •Millions of companies use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
- •The Link Balance team is building on top of the Link network to transform it into a global consumer financial platform.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and execution for large, ambiguous Link initiatives that create new money-movement primitives.
- •Own projects end to end: clarify the problem, define an incremental technical plan, align stakeholders, drive delivery, launch safely, and use results to guide further investment.
- •Build robust, scalable backend services and high-quality consumer-facing experiences across Java, Ruby, and TypeScript.
- •Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Risk, Infrastructure, and other Stripe teams to build capabilities that are safe, reliable, and useful.
- •Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, design reviews, mentoring, and constructive feedback across the team.
- •Requirements 8+ years of backend and/or full-stack software development experience, with a track record of owning large, ambiguous systems end-to-end.
- •Demonstrated technical experience leading the design and delivery of large, complex software projects from early definition through production launch.
- •Strong full-stack engineering skills, including experience building reliable backend services and polished user-facing product experiences.
- •Ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity environments: framing problems, making durable technical decisions, and creating an actionable path forward.
- •Strong engineering judgment around system reliability, operational excellence, security, and maintainability.
Required skills
JavaRubyTypeScriptMicroservicesREST API
Nice-to-have skills
GraphQL
Domain expertise
fintech
Tech stack
JavaRubyTypeScriptREST APIGraphQL