Engineering Manager of Managers

Core Infrastructure

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Locations

United States

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

MongoDB

MySQL

Redis

REST APIs

Requirements

We're looking for someone who has:
Managed teams that have shipped and operated large scale, highly available distributed systems, with database experience (MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, etcd, zookeeper) a plus
Extreme customer focus, committed to investing in partnerships with other Stripe engineers to establish empathy and understand their use-cases
A genuine enjoyment of learning and diving into the nuts-and-bolts of how things work, with the ability to question and direct architectural decisions
The ability to work well cross-functionally, and the ability to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs
A strong quantitative and analytical background
The ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
The desire to encourage a healthy, inclusive work environment that's both supportive and challenging
Successfully recruited and built great teams
Experience managing teams of 50+ engineers

Responsibilities

Be directly responsible for defining and implementing the database strategy that will power Stripe for the next five years
Work with engineers and other leaders to improve our database platform, primarily in the areas of availability, performance, and security
Support the engineering team in achieving a high level of technical quality, reliability, and developer satisfaction
Manage processes to help the team do its best work and engage effectively with the rest of Stripe
Recruit great engineers and managers in collaboration with Stripe's recruiting team
Mentor and coach managers to create healthy and well-executing teams
Develop engineers on the team, enabling them to advance in their careers
Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives
We look at Stripe as a constant work in progress and the same is true of our people; for all of us, we believe the best is yet to come. We're here to support each other in our curiosity and creativity - which we pursue through thoughtful discussion and knowledge-sharing among a diverse set of peers and colleagues
We encourage all engineers to transition teams once every year and a half and also take on short-term projects with other teams across Stripe. This enables engineers to learn how different parts of Stripe work while also establishing stronger ties and cross-pollination between groups
We contribute to existing open-source projects and the people working on them, and we release several tools as open-source
We want to work in a company of warm, inclusive people who treat their colleagues exceptionally well. The kind of people who are committed to going out of their way to help other Stripes in the short-term and pushing them to improve over the long-term (by helping them to get better at what they do)
We're a highly cross-functional organization and view that as part of the fun: we design our space to encourage as much collaboration as possible. We have long tables in the kitchen for a reason (to enable everyone to meet new people and learn from them). We also have a culture of transparency that we carry through to email communication, ensuring that Stripes all around the world have the information they need to make good local decisions

Who we are

About Stripe

We are looking for a leader to own one of our core databases here at Stripe. If you are someone who finds solving complex distributed systems challenges just as exciting as hiring and mentoring a quickly growing organization then this role is for you.Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

Build the platform to store all of Stripe’s online data.

Stripe’s infrastructure powers businesses all over the world. We process payments, run marketplaces, detect fraud, help entrepreneurs start an internet business from anywhere in the world, build world-class developer-friendly APIs, and more. Every request we process is very important to everyone involved and Stripe’s availability and reliability are critical because our users’ businesses depend on us.Our Online Database organization provides the core database infrastructure that’s at the heart of all real-time critical payment requests to the Stripe API. We architect, build, maintain, and operate the underlying database infrastructure that enables six 9s (that’s right, 6) of availability for all critical Stripe payment APIs.

Our system is the record of truth for nearly all of Stripe’s online data. It must meet the highest levels of security, availability, consistency, performance, and durability in the face of our ever-increasing growth. We are continually thinking about ways to evolve our infrastructure to support Stripe’s growing needs to build the best-in-class distributed database platform -- including ways to work around the CAP theorem!

We provide a product portfolio of key-value, relational, caching, and distributed consensus offerings.

What you’ll do

You will:

Be directly responsible for defining and implementing the database strategy that will power Stripe for the next five years
Work with engineers and other leaders to improve our database platform, primarily in the areas of availability, performance, and security
Support the engineering team in achieving a high level of technical quality, reliability, and developer satisfaction
Manage processes to help the team do its best work and engage effectively with the rest of Stripe
Recruit great engineers and managers in collaboration with Stripe’s recruiting team.
Mentor and coach managers to create healthy and well-executing teams
Develop engineers on the team, enabling them to advance in their careers
Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives

Responsibilities

We look at Stripe as a constant work in progress and the same is true of our people; for all of us, we believe the best is yet to come. We’re here to support each other in our curiosity and creativity – which we pursue through thoughtful discussion and knowledge-sharing among a diverse set of peers and colleagues.
We encourage all engineers to transition teams once every year and a half and also take on short-term projects with other teams across Stripe. This enables engineers to learn how different parts of Stripe work while also establishing stronger ties and cross-pollination between groups.
We contribute to existing open-source projects and the people working on them, and we release several tools as open-source.
We want to work in a company of warm, inclusive people who treat their colleagues exceptionally well. The kind of people who are committed to going out of their way to help other Stripes in the short-term and pushing them to improve over the long-term (by helping them to get better at what they do).
We’re a highly cross-functional organization and view that as part of the fun: we design our space to encourage as much collaboration as possible. We have long tables in the kitchen for a reason (to enable everyone to meet new people and learn from them). We also have a culture of transparency that we carry through to email communication, ensuring that Stripes all around the world have the information they need to make good local decisions.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

We’re looking for someone who has:
- - Managed teams that have shipped and operated large scale, highly available distributed systems, with database experience (MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Memcached, etcd, zookeeper) a plus
  - Extreme customer focus, committed to investing in partnerships with other Stripe engineers to establish empathy and understand their use-cases
  - A genuine enjoyment of learning and diving into the nuts-and-bolts of how things work, with the ability to question and direct architectural decisions
  - The ability to work well cross-functionally, and the ability to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs
  - A strong quantitative and analytical background
  - The ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
  - The desire to encourage a healthy, inclusive work environment that’s both supportive and challenging
  - Successfully recruited and built great teams
  - Experience managing teams of 50+ engineers

1,001-5,000 employees

Website

Payment processing platform

Company Overview

Stripe's mission is to increase the GDP of the internet. Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet.

Benefits

Inclusive coverage - We provide a thoughtful and balanced set of benefits that allow Stripes to be their best selves and do great work. Whether that means offering comprehensive mental, physical, and medical health plans, supporting Stripes’ financial futures, providing fertility benefits and parental leave, or making sure Stripes have access to healthy food at the office, our robust programs put Stripes and their families first.
Growth by way of learning - We are voracious learners and teachers. Our Education team delivers an onboarding and product training curriculum for all new Stripes, and hosts expert-led courses on things like project management fundamentals and macroeconomics. Beyond the formal program, Stripes are constantly sharing knowledge with each other through conversation, documentation, reading groups, and informal talks.
A principled approach to food - The food program holds a special place in Stripe’s history and future. These Stripes come to our kitchen from a breadth of backgrounds and experiences, and focus on one proposition—respect. This is apparent not only in the local ingredients they work with or in the gracious, teamwork-driven buffet lines, but also in their approach to growing a global team through sustainable food practices and minimal waste.

Company Core Values

An environment of growth
Intentional communication
Fast-paced, detail oriented
Voraciously curious