Software Engineer, Banking as a Service - Compliance

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

In the complex and constantly changing global financial regulatory environment, the MaaS Compliance team plays a critical role in enabling Stripe to build and expand its products globally. Our team builds products and infrastructure that empower users to access Stripe’s financial products. From user-facing features to robust backend systems, we ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while enabling Stripe users to grow their businesses seamlessly. By partnering with product, infrastructure, and operational teams, we deliver scalable and reliable solutions that align with Stripe’s mission to increase the GDP of the internet.

What you’ll do

We’re looking for an experienced software engineer to join our team and help build user-friendly features, APIs, and backend systems that handle regulatory compliance at scale. The team owns mission-critical user journeys across many of Stripe’s financial products, including Issuing, Treasury, and Capital. As we’re still in our early days, this role offers ample opportunity for impact and growth. You’ll tackle challenging technical problems, collaborate cross-functionally, and raise the bar for operational excellence across our systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects, laying the groundwork for early-stage products to iteratively evolve and scale, and taming complexity and shoring up reliability of existing systems.
• Design, build, expand and maintain APIs and services.
• Be actively involved in strategic direction and product decisions.
• Develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps, making thoughtful tradeoffs that balance business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation.
• Work with engineers across the company to understand when existing infrastructure can be leveraged vs. when building a bespoke solution is prudent.
• Mentor engineers earlier in their technical careers to help them grow.

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.

• A strong technical background, including 2+ years of experience designing and engineering large-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of best practices in designing, building, and working with APIs.
• You are comfortable working on a new product under fluid conditions, balancing tactical and strategic considerations.
• Thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• Hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Have experience ensuring great user experiences and ease of use in the features and products you build.
• Have experience with financial product companies and interest in financial products and markets.
• Served as the technical lead and defined the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions.

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

At Stripe, we’re looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.