Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure

Stripe

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
South San Francisco, CA
Salary
$173,400–$260,200 / yr
Posted
30 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $198k
This role $217k
$140k most similar roles pay here $273k

This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $173,285–$222,301 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $217k versus about $198k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 173 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,400–$285,600 across 171 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure

As a Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure, you will join the infrastructure team to manage large-scale technical programs across developer, core, and service infrastructure domains. You will collaborate with engineering managers and tech leads to define scope, shape technical designs, predict roadblocks, and identify trade-offs while building solutions that scale for payment systems. Your daily work involves producing high-quality documentation, developing program management frameworks, and establishing KPIs to drive consistency across multiple engineering organizations. The role requires deep expertise in software infrastructure, including cloud compute, networking, databases, and service-oriented architecture. You will utilize SQL and your knowledge of AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud to solve complex problems. This position focuses on the core infrastructure of payment systems, ensuring reliable performance while navigating technical ambiguity and coordinating cross-functional efforts across various engineering teams.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?

Median $211325 from 72 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Execute large-scale technical programs across multiple engineering organizations for core infrastructure and payment systems.
  • Identify technical roadblocks and trade-offs by collaborating with engineers to shape technical designs.
  • Develop and implement program management frameworks, KPIs, and success criteria to achieve organizational goals.
  • Translate complex infrastructure pain points into actionable solutions that span multiple domains.
  • Produce high-quality written proposals, documentation, and plans to ensure alignment across teams.
  • Use data and technical knowledge to drive strategic decisions at the engineering leadership level.
  • Train and coach engineering teams to improve their delivery capabilities and execution.
  • Solve complex problems to enable products and infrastructure to scale while protecting users.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 5 years of experience in Software engineering, systems engineering, or technical program management.
  • 4 years of experience in Core infrastructure including database, cloud compute, networking, and services.
  • 4 years of experience in Program management during all phases of software development from kick-off to launch.
  • 2 years of experience in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
  • 5 years of experience in software architecture and systems design.
  • 5 years of experience in technical program management in software infrastructure.
  • 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in compute, networking, databases, or service frameworks.
  • 1 year of experience in SQL.

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