Staff Software Engineer
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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $195,442–$251,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $280k versus about $223k for comparable roles.
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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 173 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $190,400–$285,600 across 171 roles with salary data.
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Staff Software Engineer, Link joins the Link Balance team to lead the design and delivery of new money-movement capabilities within a global consumer financial platform. This hands-on individual contributor role involves transforming ambiguous product opportunities into reliable, scalable services and intuitive user experiences for both consumers and merchants. The engineer will own large cross-functional projects from initial technical definition through launch, making critical architectural decisions regarding safety, reliability, and compliance. Day-to-day responsibilities include building backend services and front-end interfaces using Java, Ruby, and TypeScript while leading teams of engineers through complex execution. The role focuses on the specific domain of modern financial infrastructure, including stablecoin-enabled capabilities and digital assets. By navigating dependencies across payment platforms, the engineer ensures that new money-movement primitives are robust enough to scale globally while maintaining high standards for technical excellence and user trust.
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