Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Identity

Stripe

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Work type
On-site
Location
South San Francisco, CA
Salary
$224,000–$336,000 / yr
Posted
32 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
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Above market

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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.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Identity

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The Staff Software Engineer, Link - Consumer Identity joins the Link team to lead the design and delivery of new money-movement capabilities. In this hands-on individual-contributor role, you will transform ambiguous product opportunities into reliable, scalable, and intuitive experiences for consumers and merchants. You will own large, cross-functional projects from early technical definition through launch, building robust backend services and high-quality consumer-facing experiences. The role requires proficiency in Java, Ruby, and TypeScript to develop modern financial infrastructure, including stablecoin-enabled capabilities. You must navigate complex dependencies across payments and money-movement platforms while ensuring safety, reliability, and compliance. Your work involves making architectural decisions for global balance models and providing technical leadership through design reviews and mentoring to raise the engineering bar for the team.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Java Ruby TypeScript APIs Stablecoins Digital Assets

What you'll do

  • Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and execution for large-scale money-movement initiatives.
  • Own projects end-to-end from initial problem definition and technical planning through launch and iteration.
  • Build scalable backend services and consumer-facing experiences using Java, Ruby, and TypeScript.
  • Lead teams of engineers by clarifying priorities, managing risks, and defining delivery milestones.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure capabilities are safe, reliable, and compliant.
  • Navigate complex dependencies across platforms while balancing speed, user experience, and operational reliability.
  • Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership, design reviews, and team mentoring.
  • Shape the long-term roadmap by identifying technical risks and global scaling opportunities.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of backend and/or full-stack software development experience owning large, ambiguous systems end-to-end.
  • Demonstrated experience leading the design and delivery of large, complex software projects from early definition through production launch.
  • Strong full-stack engineering skills building reliable backend services and polished user-facing product experiences.
  • Experience leading and unblocking a group of engineers on a substantial project as a senior individual contributor.
  • Ability to operate in high-ambiguity environments by framing problems and making durable technical decisions.
  • Excellent cross-functional and cross-organizational collaboration skills to align teams with different systems and priorities.
  • Strong engineering judgment regarding system reliability, operational excellence, security, and maintainability.
  • Experience with Java, Ruby, and/or TypeScript (preferred).

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