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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Stripe's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 3% of Stripe's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Stripe
- high 622 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
- 2026-10-23
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 Senior Staff Engineer on the Merchant Experience team at Stripe, you will lead a technical team of over 50 engineers to enhance the quality and performance of merchant-facing products. Your role involves defining the technical strategy for integrating AI into user workflows, overseeing complex cross-team projects, and fostering a quality-first engineering culture. You will also mentor engineers and collaborate with various teams to translate product vision into actionable technical roadmaps.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- 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
- 10-15 years of experience in the industry
- Experience building and shipping complex, user-facing web applications for large-scale audiences
- Track record of leading large-scale, cross-functional engineering projects
- Deep expertise in modern frontend and full-stack development
- Demonstrated ability to drive measurable improvements in software quality and performance
- Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams
Nice to have
- Experience building or maintaining design systems or component libraries at scale
- Interest in the intersection of AI and UX
- Experience with performance engineering
- Experience deploying large web applications at global scale
- Comfort working across the full stack
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves overseeing multiple teams and a large portfolio of products, which may imply high expectations and responsibilities
- Focus on AI integration may require continuous learning and adaptation to new technologies
Summarised from Stripe's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Stripe on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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