Job Description
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
Minimum Requirements
• 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.
Hybrid work at Stripe
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.
Pay and benefits
The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is £81,200 - £121,800. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.
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
Minimum Requirements
• 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.
Hybrid work at Stripe
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.
Pay and benefits
The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is £81,200 - £121,800. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.
Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Software Engineer, Money as a Service - Compliance position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in London offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.