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Design, build, and operate secure, reliable, and extensible payment processing systems; drive complex initiatives from concept to launch; lead incident response and continuously improve system health and operational workflows.
10+ years of hands‑on experience building highly available, fault‑tolerant distributed systems, deep expertise in system design, databases and API development, strong architectural vision, excellent written and verbal communication, and a collaborative, customer‑centric mindset; payments experience is a plus.
Payments is at the core of Stripe’s mission to increase the internet’s GDP, and this role will shape the next generation of India‑focused payment offerings, ensuring fast, correct money movement and regulatory compliance across the platform.
A seasoned engineer who thrives on end‑to‑end ownership of large‑scale, low‑latency systems, enjoys mentoring others, and can navigate complex, cross‑functional, global initiatives.
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.
Payments is at the core of Stripe’s mission to increase the GDP of the internet. As we expand our payments footprint in India, we are looking for a Staff Engineer to set the technical direction for our next generation of payment offerings in the market.
As a Staff Engineer on the India Payments team, you will build on Stripe’s foundational platforms and lead the architectural evolution of critical systems that process money movement every millisecond. Working across the payments stack, you will shape how we integrate with local payment rails, initiate and intelligently route payments, ensure reliable completion and automate reconciliation and settlement.
Partnering with engineering teams, cross-functional partners and leaders globally, you will solve complex, high-stakes technical challenges involving low-latency execution, transactional correctness and idempotency, safe migrations with zero downtime and resilient distributed-state management.
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.
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