Staff Software Engineer, Dashboard

Stripe • San Francisco, CA

4d

About The Position

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. The Dashboard Product team is committed to providing world-class user experiences for Stripe merchants. We focus on perfecting the Dashboard Stripe’s main interface for merchants - by infusing meticulous attention to detail and craft. We take immense pride in our work and deeply care about the quality of the products we deliver. We’re dedicated to building a team with an acute focus on detail, nurturing a level of craftsmanship that makes us proud to share our work with the world. We serve two core user groups: real merchants using the Dashboard, and internal product teams. We own the most critical, first-touch surfaces, such as the homepage, which we drive to set the benchmark for intuitive, reliable software. We distill our front-line insights into shared components and paradigms, empowering the entire organization to build a consistent, holistic Dashboard experience. We're a mentorship-forward team where staff engineers work directly alongside early-career engineers to raise the quality bar across everything we ship. We're also actively exploring how AI agents can unlock new creative possibilities for how merchants interact with their products, and we're excited to bring that same spirit of invention to the frontend craft.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building and shipping complex, user-facing web applications at large scale
• Deep expertise in modern frontend development, with strong opinions on UI quality and the ability to execute to a high level of visual precision
• Track record of driving measurable improvements to UI consistency and polish across large, distributed products
• Experience working closely with Design teams and translating design intent into high-quality production implementation
• Demonstrated ability to work across a large codebase and bring coherence to high-traffic product surfaces

Nice To Haves

• Passion for crafting beautiful experiences on the web, demonstrated through a design portfolio and frontend code showcasing engaging microsites, Figma plugins, creative code, design systems, or other similar endeavors
• Familiarity with frontend performance engineering, including profiling, instrumentation, and optimization
• Interest in AI-driven user experiences, with experience prototyping or shipping AI-powered features
• Experience mentoring early-career engineers and contributing to team-wide quality standards
• Comfort working across the full stack when needed, with a clear preference and passion for frontend craft
• Advanced proficiency with React, with an emphasis on interactions, animation, performance, and refinement
• Experience with A/B testing, synthetic monitoring, or accessibility testing

Responsibilities

• Own the frontend quality, consistency, and visual craft of the Stripe Dashboard's highest-traffic pages, with particular focus on core logged-in surfaces
• Identify and execute opportunities to improve consistency, performance, and polish across the Dashboard
• Partner closely with Design and Product, serving as the technical voice on frontend feasibility, quality standards, and implementation approach
• Contribute to and advocate for the Stripe design system, ensuring components and patterns work well across the Dashboard and other product surfaces
• Establish frontend quality standards for the team, including patterns, code review practices, and implementation guidance for junior engineers
• Prototype and explore AI-powered experiences that change how merchants discover and interact with Stripe products
• Collaborate with backend engineers on integration points while keeping frontend craft as your core focus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed