Full Stack Engineer, Builder Experience

Stripe

. Design and build tools that help Stripe teams shape better products, ship with greater speed and confidence, and learn from users more quickly .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong full-stack engineering skills with a focus on building reliable backend services and polished user-facing experiences. Capable of leading product development from prototype to production while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.

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Full-Stack EngineeringBackend DevelopmentCross-Functional CollaborationProduct Development LifecycleEngineering Judgment

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Hard Skills

JavaRubyTypeScriptBackend ServicesPrototypingUser-Facing ProductsAI-Native WorkflowsAutomationSystem ReliabilityOperational Excellence

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem FramingAdaptabilityJudgmentUser-Centric Mindset

Tools & Technologies

KaiCompass

Industry Keywords

Product DevelopmentUser TrustSecurityPrivacyExperimentation Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaRubyTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build tools that help Stripe teams shape better products, ship with greater speed and confidence, and learn from users more quickly
Develop AI-native workflows and agents that synthesize context, automate repetitive work, surface risks, and help builders make better decisions
Own projects end to end: identify high-value problems, develop prototypes, test them with users, measure their impact, and scale successful approaches
Work across backend systems, data sources, internal platforms, and polished user-facing experiences
Partner with product managers, engineers, designers, researchers, and cross-functional teams
Integrate with platforms such as Kai and Compass while identifying needed foundational capabilities
Apply judgment to sensitive internal context, including security, privacy, permissions, and user trust
Help define technical foundations, product-development practices, experimentation standards, and quality standards
Contribute to the roadmap by identifying systemic friction and opportunities to improve Stripe’s product-development lifecycle

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of backend and/or full-stack software development experience
Demonstrated technical experience leading the design and delivery of new product experiences from prototype to production
Strong full-stack engineering skills, including experience building reliable backend services and polished user-facing product experiences
Ability to operate effectively in high-ambiguity environments: framing problems, experimenting and adjusting, making right-sized technical decisions, and creating an actionable path forward
Excellent cross-functional and cross-organizational collaboration skills, with the ability to align teams with different systems, priorities, and constraints
Strong engineering judgment around system reliability, operational excellence, security, and maintainability
A product-minded approach to engineering, with a focus on delivering meaningful outcomes for users and the business
Preferred: experience with Java, Ruby, and/or TypeScript
Preferred: experience delivering user-facing products at Stripe or before Stripe
Preferred: experience working on 0→1 products or taking new capabilities from concept through launch and iteration