Staff Engineer, Deployment Platform
Core
Architecting and operating the end-to-end code deployment platform to enable safe, high-velocity software changes across Stripe's infrastructure.
Role type
Staff Engineer, Deployment Platform
Builds
Stripe's end-to-end code deployment platform, including deployment orchestrators, anomaly detection systems, and fleet migration tools.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Kubernetes and container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, Incident response and reliability engineering, Cross-team technical leadership, System architecture for large-scale migrations
Preferred skills
Deployment safety systems (anomaly detection, progressive delivery), Event-driven architectures (Kafka), Service mesh concepts, Developer platform tooling, Feature flag and configuration management systems
Technologies
Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure, Kafka, Service Mesh
Responsibilities
Architect the next generation of the deployment orchestrator including multi-service pipelines and container migration strategies, Extend deploy anomaly detection to earlier traffic-split stages with API/method-based regression detection, Lead the host-to-container fleet migration while maintaining production stability, Own reliability and operational excellence including incident response and toil reduction, Build deployment event infrastructure for observability and automation, Set technical standards and mentor senior engineers on high-stakes architectural decisions
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
