Frontend Engineer, Payments & Risk

Who we are

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

The Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. The Risk Engineering team develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, thereby safeguarding Stripe's brand and financial stability.

Team matching—exact team matching for one of the subteams within this org will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc. Find more information on our team matching process here.

What you’ll do

We're looking for frontend engineers who are interested in building consumer-focused UIs and full-stack products that impact thousands of employees and millions of Stripe users, regardless of whether they're an end user, developer, or partner.

Responsibilities

• Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems from end-to-end.
• Build elegant APIs and user experiences that enable merchants to run and scale their businesses on top of Stripe.
• Craft new products and features that impact millions of people and businesses around the world such as building the fastest and most seamless checkout flow.
• Explore creative opportunities for next-gen payments experiences that leverage the depth of Stripe's payment technology.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization such as product, design, infrastructure, marketing, and operations.
• Develop and execute against both short- and long-term roadmaps. Make effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
• Uphold our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you will encounter.

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience, with an emphasis on modern frontend technologies (HTML/CSS/TypeScript/React) and building delightful user interfaces
• Comfort operating as a frontend developer and owning projects end-to-end
• Motivated by solving hard problems and measuring success in terms of impact
• Thrive in a highly collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different areas of expertise

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in high-growth teams similar to Stripe
• Experience building financial systems or tools for financial experts