Staff Engineer, Capital Engineering

Stripe•Chicago, IL

12d

About The Position

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 Capital is building the financial infrastructure that powers fast, flexible financing for businesses. We serve two distinct audiences: businesses directly using Stripe who need capital to grow, and Connect platforms that want to offer financing to their own users through "Capital for Platforms." Our Engineering team builds the entire ecosystem that makes this possible. From automated underwriting models, the application and servicing experiences, to the repayment flows that automatically withhold funds from sales. We operate at the intersection of complex financial constraints, technical scale, and a user-centric product. What you’ll do We are seeking an experienced technical leader to define and drive the evolution of Stripe Capital’s technical and product vision. You will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and strategy, helping the organization navigate the technical trade-offs inherent in building a global lending business. Whether you are leading the technical expansion into new geographies or building abstractions to enable entirely new products and operating models, your decisions will shape the future of Capital. Winning in this space requires solving uniquely challenging technical problems; balancing growth and resiliency with long-term requirements of a global financial product.

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on backend experience building large-scale, distributed systems
Proven track record of building large scale, complex distributed systems; identifying shortcomings and optimization opportunities; and making data driven cost performance tradeoffs to influence design decisions
Excellent technical communication skills; you can articulate complex architectural trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders (including external partners).
Strong collaboration skills to work effectively directly with partners and across multiple teams and stakeholders.
Past experience mentoring and investing in the development of engineers.
A user-first mindset; you care deeply about the product experience and the users who rely on the systems you build.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Fintech, Lending, or complex Financial Systems.
Specific experience with money movement architecture (ledgers, reconciliation, funds flow) an additional plus.
A history of building or managing complex partner integrations (APIs, data exchange standards).
Experience navigating the trade-offs between speed of delivery and long-term architectural purity in a high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

Drive Technical Strategy: Define the long-term architectural vision for Capital’s systems, ensuring our technical roadmap aligns with ambitious business goals while maintaining system health and agility.
Architect for Scale: Design the abstractions and systems required to scale Capital across countries, partners, and entirely new product shapes.
Ensure System Reliability: Lead initiatives to improve the durability, auditability, and correctness of our financial systems, ensuring they remain performant and resilient in the face of very rapid growth.
Force-multiply the organization: Mentor senior engineers, foster a culture of technical rigor, and collaborate across functions like Product, Legal, and Partnerships to navigate the trade-offs inherent in a high-growth financial business.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner closely with Product, Legal, Treasury, and external financial partners to translate ambiguous business requirements into clear, scalable engineering roadmaps.

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