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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days Stripe's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 3% of Stripe's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Stripe
- low 0 stale, 52 reposted of 633 open
- Hiring momentum
- 892 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Stripe's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Stripe.
About this role
As a Staff Engineer on the Payment Intelligence team at Stripe, you will define technical strategies and champion a quality-first engineering culture across various products focused on payment systems. Your role involves collaborating with large merchants and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software while working on distributed systems and machine learning models.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Stripe as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years of experience in a strategic technical leadership role
- Experience leading engineering team(s) working on distributed systems, API design, and user-facing products
- Proven track record of delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth
- Ability to drive projects at a high level while also being hands-on
- Effective communication skills and a proven ability to work cross-team, cross-org, and cross-functionally.
Nice to have
- Experience with payments systems and/or fraud detection
- Familiarity with ML systems in production: model serving, training pipelines, observability, and evaluation
- Prior experience with 0-1 product builds
- Experience across a range of software languages and frameworks; our stack includes Java, Ruby, Python, TypeScript, Kafka, Flyte, Airflow, and Mongo.
- Experience navigating ambiguity in a fast-moving organization.
Worth weighing
- No specific salary or benefits information provided.
- The role requires significant experience and leadership, which may limit opportunities for less experienced candidates.
- The technology stack includes a variety of languages and frameworks, which may require adaptability.
- The position involves working with large merchants, which could lead to high visibility and impact.
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Listed by Stripe on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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