Who we are

About Stripe

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

Stripe’s mission is to increase the GDP of the internet. The promise of crypto—digital money and a new internet—is squarely aligned with that mission, and the Stripe Crypto team is dedicated to doing our part in bringing that promise to life. Our approach is firmly rooted in providing utility to the crypto ecosystem: our users need better building blocks to accept payments, move funds, and exchange between fiat and crypto. By focusing on these problems, we aim to build faster, more trustworthy, and higher quality crypto-native experiences.

We’re a fairly new and exceptionally fast-moving team within Stripe, having shipped multiple products in the past 12 months. In the next 12 months, we will bring those products to scale while also pursuing new ones. We’re looking for engineers with prior experience in the cryptocurrency space who are invigorated by the opportunity to bring their existing expertise to benefit Stripe’s users. As a Staff Engineer on the team, you will lead our efforts to scale Stripe’s existing crypto products, as well as take new experiences in development from 0 to 1.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Participate in the evolution of Stripe’s crypto strategy.
• Identify and resolve long-term technical challenges across a broad range of areas, from blockchain to data storage services, from API design to user experience.
• Advise Stripe leadership on key technology and product roadmap considerations.
• Develop and execute against both short- and long-term roadmaps. Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
• Teach and mentor both individual contributors and managers to become the next generation of leaders at Stripe. As a senior member on a new team, you will be looked to for guidance.

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. 

Minimum requirements

• Have experience developing in the cryptocurrency space in prior roles, demonstrated by a deep understanding of core cryptocurrency and web3 primitives.
• Have a history of collaborating with and participating in the cryptocurrency and web3 communities.
• Have a strong technical background including 8+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems.
• Have a track record of directing technical investment in new products, allowing them to grow from fledgling efforts into thriving businesses.
• Have served as the technical lead and defined the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions.
• Measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code.
• Internalize the best ideas from across the organization and can humbly set a vision that others are excited to get behind.
• Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels. You are often cited as the inspiration for engineers that join your team.
• Care deeply about mentoring and growing engineers. Senior engineers feel they are able to learn from you.