Specialist Solutions Architect, Payments

Stripe

Hybrid Actively hiring
South San Francisco · New York Posted 83 days ago $239,900–$359,900 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect at Stripe, you will join a dedicated team of domain experts focused on driving strategic engagements with complex and innovative enterprises. Your primary responsibilities include collaborating closely with sales teams to drive revenue targets while educating product and engineering teams on market trends. You will develop deep relationships with senior customer business leaders, lead customer workshops, and take the helm on key opportunities. With expertise in payments and money movement, you will advise customers on financial architecture best practices, optimize payment experiences for checkout conversion, and integrate Stripe’s Optimized Checkout Suite and Link solutions to achieve their business objectives. The role requires extensive knowledge of ISO payment standards, global payment methods, and integration with core banking systems. You should be proficient in creating technical assets like architecture diagrams and whitepapers, and have a track record of designing financial architectures for large enterprises.

Skills

ISO RESTful APIs Stripe Python JavaScript SQL AWS Kubernetes Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL Prometheus Grafana Git Swagger OAuth PCI DSS API Gateway Webhooks GraphQL

What you'll do

  • Lead customer teams to strategize and implement Stripe solutions for growth.
  • Co-develop payment strategies with customers using Optimized Checkout Suite and Link.
  • Advise on financial architecture best practices to maximize ROI and reduce risks.
  • Create technical assets like diagrams and guides to support sales and implementation.
  • Influence product direction by providing market insights and customer feedback.
  • Conduct deep discovery workshops to understand and redesign existing payment systems.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience in payments, fintech, and financial industry
  • Expertise in designing payment flows and architectures for large enterprises
  • Knowledge of ISO payment standards and global payment methods
  • Experience integrating payment hubs with core banking systems and fraud/risk management
  • Understanding of optimizing checkout conversion and improving authorization rates
  • Ability to create strategic technology direction and communicate plans broadly
  • Persuasive presentation skills to peers, senior leadership, and external vendors

Market check

Salary context

This $239,900–$359,900 range sits above 95% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$152,000–$241,500

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$161,709–$235,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 52 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $178,600–$261,000 across 52 roles with salary data.

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