Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed

Stripe

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$236,000–$354,000 / yr
Posted
159 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $184,200–$254,488 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $295k versus about $219k for comparable roles.

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About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for internet businesses, providing payment processing, billing, fraud prevention, and banking-as-a-service APIs to businesses of all sizes globally. Industry: Payments Infrastructure & Financial Technology

Stripe currently has 131 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,400–$285,600 across 128 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed

The Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed (Privy) leads a team of Forward Deployed Engineers focused on solving the most critical customer problems. In this role, you will manage team outcomes, coach engineers on technical depth and customer empathy, and ensure the team remains focused on high-leverage opportunities. You will review pull requests, scope technical work, and translate ambiguous customer needs into clear technical directions to build new product features and complex integrations. The team utilizes Node, React, and AWS to develop blockchain abstractions, multi-region low-latency APIs, and hardware enclaves. You will work within a high-urgency environment to bridge the gap between customer signal and the product roadmap, specifically addressing technical challenges related to wallet abstractions, cross-chain integration, and privacy-focused infrastructure for mainstream and crypto-native users.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in New York?

Median $254488 from 41 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the team's overall business impact and outcomes for Forward Deployed Engineering.
  • Coach and develop engineers in technical depth, customer empathy, and ownership.
  • Hold the team accountable for excellence in code quality, throughput, and performance.
  • Prioritize the team's focus on the highest-value problems and leverage opportunities.
  • Review pull requests, scope technical work, and review design documents.
  • Translate ambiguous customer needs into clear technical directions and product features.
  • Strengthen the feedback loop between customer signals and the product roadmap.
  • Partner with Product, Solutions Engineering, and GTM teams to drive business goals.

What we're looking for

  • Experience managing and developing high-performing engineers.
  • Strong technical judgment with the ability to evaluate architecture and tradeoffs.
  • Track record of driving outstanding business impact and ownership.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous customer needs into clear technical direction.
  • High emotional maturity and strong communication skills.
  • Experience managing in a fast-moving, high-expectation environment.
  • Ability to stay close to the work by reviewing PRs, design docs, and complex problems.

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