Senior Software Engineer, Docs Product

Stripe•New York, NY

3d•$190,400 - $285,600•Hybrid

About The Position

Stripe, LLC. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related field, plus four (4) years of experience in Software Engineering.
Four (4) years of experience in working in a full stack environment with a focus on Ruby, Java, Typescript or Bazel.
Four (4) years of experience working as a technical lead for large projects; defining roadmaps for projects that span >6 months and across several teams.
Two (2) years of experience authoring and reviewing technical design documents and driving architectural decisions for complex systems while collaborating with junior colleagues.
Two (2) years of experience building and scaling automated testing and validation frameworks.
Two (2) years of experience designing and implementing persistent data models using MongoDB.
Two (2) years of experience implementing emerging technical standards for AI/LLMs.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and architecture of major platform initiatives, author design documents and build consensus across engineering teams.
Define technical roadmaps for complex, multi-quarter projects that span multiple teams.
Make critical architectural decisions for company documentation infrastructure, balancing scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
Evaluate and set direction for integrating emerging technologies, including AI/LLM capabilities, into company documentation platforms and authoring tools.
Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices and technical guidelines for the team and broader organization.
Partner with engineering teams across the company to understand documentation needs and design integrated solutions.
Design, build and maintain scalable, reliable and performant services and systems.
Contribute high-quality code across the full stack and navigate codebases with different languages and tools.
Debug and resolve complex production issues and improve system reliability.
Take ownership of system health and incident response.