Engineering Manager, Payments

About the job

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 Engineering team powers the processing of hundreds of billions of dollars in card payments annually, enabling users to accept card payments across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. As the Engineering Manager for the team, you’ll be responsible for expanding the reach of Stripe’s global payments network and delivering a best-in-class card payments experience in these regions.

In this role, you’ll make some of the most significant strategic, product, and technical decisions for card payments at Stripe. The systems this team builds enable our users to integrate with Stripe once, accept payments across an ever-expanding set of card networks, and grow their businesses globally.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Work with other Stripe leaders to shape Stripe’s card payments strategy.
• Develop engineers on the team and help them advance in their careers.
• Empower the engineering team to achieve high levels of technical productivity, reliability, and simplicity.
• Manage processes that help the team do its best work and collaborate effectively with the rest of Stripe.
• Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Stripe’s engineering management team.
• Recruit exceptional engineers in collaboration with Stripe’s recruiting team.

You may be a fit for this role if:

• You thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• You foster a healthy work environment that is both supportive and challenging.
• You’re excited to help engineers develop new skills and advance in their careers.
• You communicate clearly and persuasively in writing and in person.
• You lead by example, set the right context, and help teammates do their best work.
• You have the technical depth to ask engineers thoughtful questions about architecture and product decisions.

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

• 3+ years of experience in an engineering management role.
• 8+ years of full-time software development experience.
• A demonstrated track record of successfully hiring, developing, and mentoring engineers.
• The ability to lead by example in fast-paced, high-impact, and ambiguous environments.
• A commitment to high operational rigor when working with production systems.
• Experience building extensible software solutions that scale with business growth.
• The ability to thrive in a collaborative, cross-functional, and cross-time-zone environment while fostering a positive team culture.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with payments-related products.
• Experience working in global and cross-regional environments.
• Experience using AI tools to improve team execution, quality, and overall effectiveness.
• Experience building new teams.
• Experience developing product platforms that serve other product teams.
• A proven track record of collaborating with partners across multiple regions and time zones.
• Experience and comfort in a user-facing role.