The opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced technical leader to shape the architecture and technical roadmap for Stripe Tax. You will work alongside leaders across engineering, product, design, operations, and go-to-market teams to turn complex and evolving tax requirements into simple,…
What you'll do
Drive the technical strategy and execution for Stripe Tax’s most important: and ambiguous product and platform investments, from early exploration through production adoption
Work backwards from the needs of complex global businesses and evolving tax: regulations to identify high-leverage opportunities and shape the product roadmap
Partner with engineering, product, design, operations, legal, go-to-market,: and infrastructure leaders to align teams and deliver cohesive tax experiences across Stripe
Design and evolve scalable, resilient systems and data models that meet the: exceptionally high standards for correctness, auditability, security, and availability required in tax
Drive interoperability across Stripe products and external tax ecosystems,: scrutinizing service boundaries, interfaces, and data contracts to keep the platform extensible
Raise the engineering bar through hands-on technical leadership, clear: decision-making frameworks, operational excellence, and mentorship that accelerates other engineers
What they're looking for
- + years of industry software engineering experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems
- Deep software engineering expertise, with a track record of making sound: architectural decisions while remaining hands-on in the code
- A track record of leading complex, multi-team technical programs from: ambiguous problem definition through successful delivery and adoption
- The ability to set long-term technical direction, identify the: highest-leverage investments, and make progress amid uncertainty and competing constraints
- Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to build: alignment among senior technical, product, and business stakeholders without relying on authority
- A commitment to growing other engineers through mentorship, technical: feedback, and a culture of rigorous, inclusive, and data-informed decision making
- Experience in tax, financial technology, payments, accounting, financial: reporting, or another domain where correctness and regulatory complexity are central
- Experience working directly with large enterprise customers and translating: their complex requirements into durable platform capabilities
