The opportunity
The Startup Products team builds Stripe Atlas and other products that help founders start and run a company from anywhere in the world. We believe startups are one of the most effective ways to solve the world’s problems, and we want to give founders a running start—and keep them running.
What you'll do
Define and drive technical strategy across Startup Products, connecting: near-term product delivery to a cohesive, durable engineering vision.
Lead large, ambiguous 0→1 initiatives from problem definition and: architecture through implementation, safe launch, and iteration.
Design, build, and maintain polished user experiences, reliable backend services, APIs, and systems.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and foundational investments early,: creating incremental plans that de-risk the roadmap and accelerate future work.
Partner with engineering teams across Stripe, building alignment and: influencing their roadmaps and priorities when Startup Products depends on shared capabilities.
Work directly with founders to understand their needs and translate complex: legal, financial, and operational workflows into intuitive products.
What they're looking for
- + years of software engineering experience, with a track record of owning large, ambiguous systems end-to-end.
- Demonstrated experience defining and delivering large, ambiguous software: initiatives from early product and technical exploration through production launch.
- Strong full-stack engineering skills, including experience building reliable: backend services and polished user-facing product experiences.
- Ability to create technical direction and align teams with different: priorities and constraints without relying on direct authority.
- Product-minded engineering judgment, with a deep commitment to understanding: users and delivering meaningful outcomes for them and the business.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to move between: strategic discussions and detailed technical decisions.
- A high quality bar and attention to detail across product experience,: implementation, reliability, and operational readiness.
- Experience with early stage startups and a deep understanding of the: challenges founders face all over the world.
