Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Commerce, Payments

Replit

. Set the architecture and technical roadmap for agentic commerce at Replit.

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeFoster City • California • United StatesLead💰 $290,000 - $360,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecture and technical leadership for agentic commerce, with a strong focus on API design, third-party integrations, and security-conscious practices. Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive cross-functional initiatives while ensuring transaction reliability and user experience.

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API DesignThird-Party IntegrationsSecurity-Conscious PracticesMentoring EngineersTransaction Reliability

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Hard Skills

System DesignData ModelingDistributed WorkflowsAsynchronous Events HandlingUser Experience DesignCode CorrectnessPayment Lifecycle ManagementRole-Based Access ControlBudget ControlsAudit Trails

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipCross-Functional CollaborationClear DocumentationExecution DriveMentorship

Tools & Technologies

StripeAI-Assisted Development ToolsCommerce PlatformsPayment ProvidersDeveloper Platforms

Industry Keywords

Agentic CommercePurchasing SystemsMulti-Vendor ProductsApproval WorkflowsFulfillmentProvisioningRefundsReconciliationEnterprise CapabilitiesAgent Workflows

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the architecture and technical roadmap for agentic commerce at Replit.
Lead end-to-end purchasing experiences through Replit Agent, from interpreting user intent and presenting options to authorization, purchase execution, and fulfillment confirmation.
Build extensible integrations with merchants, software vendors, and service providers.
Extend existing Stripe and payment capabilities to support new purchasing experiences.
Design agent-facing APIs and tools with secure credentials, scoped permissions, spending limits, and appropriate confirmation.
Partner with product and security on enterprise purchasing controls, including role-based access, approval workflows, purchasing policies, and auditable transaction histories.
Own post-checkout lifecycle features including provisioning, access, order and subscription state, receipts, renewals, cancellations, refunds, and reconciliation.
Improve transaction reliability through idempotency, verified events, durable state, safe retries, and recovery from partial failures.
Lead ambiguous cross-team initiatives, define milestones, remain hands-on with implementation, mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and own production operations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A track record of Staff-level technical leadership on complex customer-facing products or platforms, taking ambiguous initiatives from architecture through launch and production operation across multiple teams.
Strong hands-on engineering and system design skills, including API design, data modeling, distributed workflows, and thoughtful evolution of existing systems.
Experience building extensible third-party integrations and handling asynchronous events, duplicate requests, partial failures, and changing provider capabilities.
Strong product judgment, turning complex, multi-step workflows into simple user experiences and balancing rapid delivery with correctness and long-term flexibility.
Security-conscious approach to authentication, authorization, credentials, sensitive data, and actions performed on a user’s or organization’s behalf.
Ability to align engineering and cross-functional partners on technical direction, document decisions clearly, and drive execution without relying on reporting authority.
Experience mentoring engineers and improving architecture, implementation, and operations beyond own projects.
Comfort using AI-assisted development tools while taking responsibility for code correctness, security, and maintainability.
Preferred: experience with commerce platforms, marketplaces, purchasing or procurement systems, or multi-vendor products.
Preferred: experience with agent tool calling, multi-step agent workflows, or evaluations for reliable external-system actions.
Preferred: familiarity with payment and purchase lifecycles, including authorization, checkout, subscriptions, fulfillment or provisioning, refunds, and reconciliation.
Preferred: experience with enterprise capabilities such as approval workflows, role-based access, purchasing policies, budget controls, or audit trails.
Preferred: experience with Stripe or other payment providers, developer platforms, or partner integration ecosystems.
Bonus: experience with agentic-commerce protocols, MCP, delegated authorization, software and service catalogs, pricing and availability, entitlements, automated provisioning, recurring and usage-based costs, renewal management, international purchasing, or multi-provider transaction workflows.
Able to work from the Foster City, CA headquarters 3 days per week, or willing to relocate.
Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Salary & Equity
401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
Short Term and Long Term Disability
Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
Commuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only)
Monthly Wellness Stipend
Autonomous Work Environment
In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)
Quarterly Team Gatherings
In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)