Stripe
Staff Engineer, RFA Forward Deployed Engineering
Stripe, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
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Stripe About Stripe
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. About The Team
The RFA Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team is a pivotal new unit dedicated to accelerating Stripe's strategic growth and market leadership in enterprise Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA). This is no ordinary engineering role; it's a unique leadership opportunity to be at the forefront of how Stripe builds and iterates on its products. We're directly tackling the most complex challenges faced by Stripe's largest and most strategic enterprise users, bridging the gap between their intricate financial operations and our core product capabilities. What you’ll do
As a Staff Engineer on the RFA Forward Deployed Engineering team, you will: Lead with a product-first mindset: You'll be a leader in understanding our users' ambiguous, niche needs, and translating them into elegant, scalable technical solutions that address specific business problems. Drive product evolution through co-development: Design, build, and deploy critical enhancements and custom solutions to address product-market fit gaps, ensuring RFA meets the nuanced needs of large enterprises. Pioneer extensibility: Contribute to the development of a robust and intuitive customization framework for RFA, enabling tailored billing logic, financial workflows, and integrations. Provide expert architectural guidance: Review user architectures, offer expert guidance on best practices, and optimize system integration and performance for complex enterprise environments. Strategically resolve critical challenges: Act as the primary technical contact for high-impact user issues, leading the charge to diagnose and resolve complex product/engineering challenges across the stack. Directly influence product and engineering strategy: Provide direct, user-centric feedback to core product teams, advocating for features and capabilities essential for enterprise adoption and actively shaping the future of Stripe’s RFA offerings. Help build and grow the team: Play a key role in building the team and developing the FDE model, helping to define our processes, best practices, and hiring strategy as we scale. Elevate engineering standards: Elevate engineering standards, tooling, and processes within the team, contributing to a high-quality, maintainable codebase and efficient development lifecycle. Who you are
We’re looking for a seasoned and experienced engineer who thrives in a dynamic, user-focused environment and is excited by the challenge of building bespoke solutions that pave the way for broader product capabilities. Minimum Requirements
10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on backend systems. Proven expertise in designing, building, and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure systems. Strong command of distributed systems, API design, and data modeling. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly grasp complex technical and business domains. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including external users. A track record of thriving in collaborative environments, working closely with product managers, TPMs, and other engineers. Willingness to engage directly with users to understand requirements and co-develop solutions—this is a core part of the role. Ability to travel 20% of the time Preferred Qualifications
Experience with RFA products such as Stripe Billing, Tax, and Revenue Recognition. Experience with extensibility models, custom solution frameworks, or platform development. Experience working with large enterprise users or in a user-facing engineering role. Prior experience in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where priorities can shift based on user needs, and you thrive on that challenge. Pay and benefits
The annual US base salary range for this role is $224,000 - $336,000.
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Staff Engineer, RFA Forward Deployed Engineering
role at
Stripe About Stripe
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. About The Team
The RFA Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team is a pivotal new unit dedicated to accelerating Stripe's strategic growth and market leadership in enterprise Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA). This is no ordinary engineering role; it's a unique leadership opportunity to be at the forefront of how Stripe builds and iterates on its products. We're directly tackling the most complex challenges faced by Stripe's largest and most strategic enterprise users, bridging the gap between their intricate financial operations and our core product capabilities. What you’ll do
As a Staff Engineer on the RFA Forward Deployed Engineering team, you will: Lead with a product-first mindset: You'll be a leader in understanding our users' ambiguous, niche needs, and translating them into elegant, scalable technical solutions that address specific business problems. Drive product evolution through co-development: Design, build, and deploy critical enhancements and custom solutions to address product-market fit gaps, ensuring RFA meets the nuanced needs of large enterprises. Pioneer extensibility: Contribute to the development of a robust and intuitive customization framework for RFA, enabling tailored billing logic, financial workflows, and integrations. Provide expert architectural guidance: Review user architectures, offer expert guidance on best practices, and optimize system integration and performance for complex enterprise environments. Strategically resolve critical challenges: Act as the primary technical contact for high-impact user issues, leading the charge to diagnose and resolve complex product/engineering challenges across the stack. Directly influence product and engineering strategy: Provide direct, user-centric feedback to core product teams, advocating for features and capabilities essential for enterprise adoption and actively shaping the future of Stripe’s RFA offerings. Help build and grow the team: Play a key role in building the team and developing the FDE model, helping to define our processes, best practices, and hiring strategy as we scale. Elevate engineering standards: Elevate engineering standards, tooling, and processes within the team, contributing to a high-quality, maintainable codebase and efficient development lifecycle. Who you are
We’re looking for a seasoned and experienced engineer who thrives in a dynamic, user-focused environment and is excited by the challenge of building bespoke solutions that pave the way for broader product capabilities. Minimum Requirements
10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on backend systems. Proven expertise in designing, building, and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure systems. Strong command of distributed systems, API design, and data modeling. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to quickly grasp complex technical and business domains. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including external users. A track record of thriving in collaborative environments, working closely with product managers, TPMs, and other engineers. Willingness to engage directly with users to understand requirements and co-develop solutions—this is a core part of the role. Ability to travel 20% of the time Preferred Qualifications
Experience with RFA products such as Stripe Billing, Tax, and Revenue Recognition. Experience with extensibility models, custom solution frameworks, or platform development. Experience working with large enterprise users or in a user-facing engineering role. Prior experience in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where priorities can shift based on user needs, and you thrive on that challenge. Pay and benefits
The annual US base salary range for this role is $224,000 - $336,000.
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