Staff Software Engineer, Stripe Scale & Bundles
Core
Design and build complex distributed systems for Stripe Scale, a unified tiered pricing bundle integrating Payments, Radar, Tax, and other products, using Stripe's own Billing product to power internal monetization.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead)
Builds
Stripe Scale bundle, internal commerce platform, and dual-system billing architecture (internal + external)
Domain
Financial technology, subscription management, usage-based billing, and revenue operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
distributed systems design, event-driven architectures, data pipelines, billing/financial systems, cross-team collaboration, stakeholder management, technical strategy, mentorship, influence without authority
Preferred skills
financial technology (billing/payment processing), internal dogfooding architectures, subscription management, usage-based billing, entitlement systems, dual billing system operations
Technologies
Stripe Billing APIs, internal commerce platform, event transformation pipelines
Responsibilities
Own and evolve the technical roadmap for the Packaging domain; Drive interoperability across Stripe's internal commerce platform, Stripe Billing, and the broader product ecosystem; Lead cross-team and cross-org technical efforts including complex integration between internal commerce platform and Stripe Billing; Partner with Product to shape packaging strategy from a technical feasibility lens; Build and maintain strong working relationships with engineering leads on partner teams; Represent the Packaging team's technical needs in planning forums and cross-org discussions; Establish engineering best practices for the team including design review processes, testing strategies, and incident remediation playbooks
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with significant leadership scope