Frontend Engineer, Payments & Risk
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 Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make in-person payments easy for businesses. The Risk Engineering team develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, safeguarding Stripe's brand and financial stability.
Team matching for specific subteams within this org will begin during the final stages. We may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, or other factors.
Responsibilities
- Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems from end-to-end.
- Build elegant APIs and user experiences that enable merchants to run and scale their businesses on top of Stripe.
- Craft new products and features that impact millions of people and businesses around the world, such as building the fastest and most seamless checkout flow.
- Explore creative opportunities for next-gen payments experiences that leverage the depth of Stripe's payment technology.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization such as product, design, infrastructure, marketing, and operations.
- Develop and execute against both short- and long-term roadmaps. Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
- Uphold our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you will encounter.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- 2+ years of software development experience, with an emphasis on modern frontend technologies (HTML/CSS/TypeScript/React) and building delightful user interfaces.
- Comfort operating as a frontend developer and owning projects end-to-end.
- Motivated by solving hard problems and measuring success in terms of impact.
- Thrive in a highly collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different areas of expertise.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in high-growth teams similar to Stripe.
- Experience building financial systems or tools for financial experts.
In-office expectations
Office-assigned Stripes in most locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team, and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Some teams may have greater in-office attendance requirements to support users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss.
Pay and benefits
- The annual US base salary range for this role is $156,800 - $235,200. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning it includes both sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary. This range may be narrowed during the interview process based on experience, qualifications, and location.
- Applicants outside the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
- Additional benefits may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.