Senior Software Engineer, Docs Product at Stripe (New York, NY)
Stripe· New York, NY·
Job description
About Stripe
Stripe, LLC. 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design and architecture of major platform initiatives, author design documents and build consensus across engineering teams.
- Define technical roadmaps for complex, multi-quarter projects that span multiple teams.
- Make critical architectural decisions for company documentation infrastructure, balancing scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
- Evaluate and set direction for integrating emerging technologies, including AI/LLM capabilities, into company documentation platforms and authoring tools.
- Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices and technical guidelines for the team and broader organization.
- Partner with engineering teams across the company to understand documentation needs and design integrated solutions.
- Design, build and maintain scalable, reliable and performant services and systems.
- Contribute high-quality code across the full stack and navigate codebases with different languages and tools.
- Debug and resolve complex production issues and improve system reliability.
- Take ownership of system health and incident response.
Minimum requirements
Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related field, plus four (4) years of experience in Software Engineering.
Must have four (4) years of experience in each of the following:
- Working in a full stack environment with a focus on Ruby, Java, Typescript or Bazel;
- Working as a technical lead for large projects; defining roadmaps for projects that span >6 months and across several teams;
Must have two (2) years of experience in each of the following:
- Authoring and reviewing technical design documents and driving architectural decisions for complex systems while collaborating with junior colleagues;
- Building and scaling automated testing and validation frameworks;
- Designing and implementing persistent data models using MongoDB; and
- Implementing emerging technical standards for AI/LLMs.
Salary: $190,400 - $285,600/yr
This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.
40 hrs/week
50% Telecommuting permitted.
Multiple Positions Available.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. NY59
Why work at Stripe
- Culture: “Intense and kind” – high expectations paired with a supportive, transparent environment. Weekly all‑hands with senior leaders; decisions based on idea quality, not seniority stripe.com.
- Growth & Ownership: “Promotions are tied to demonstrated impact, not tenure.” Employees get substantial responsibility early, often working outside their domain stripe.com.
- Work Model: Hybrid/remote‑friendly – two main HQs (San Francisco & Dublin) plus 25+ offices, and many Stripes work from home or coworking spaces stripe.com.
- Benefits: Comprehensive medical, mental health, financial advisory, family planning, and parental leave. Education team provides onboarding and ongoing expert‑led courses stripe.com.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Employee‑created resource groups (Stripe Communities), accommodations for disabilities, and a commitment to equal opportunity stripe.com.