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Engineering Manager, Payments API

at Stripe

📍 New York, NY Onsite Posted March 05, 2026
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

This role involves leading the development and maintenance of payment APIs and systems at Stripe, ensuring reliability, scalability, and strategic growth. The manager will mentor teams and collaborate across departments to shape the future of commerce technology.

  • Scope, design, build, and maintain APIs
  • Debug and solve critical production issues
  • Partner with engineering managers to create roadmaps
  • Serve as a role model for engineering standards
  • Mentor technical leaders

Focuses on API development, system architecture, large-scale system management, debugging, and technical leadership within a fintech environment, primarily using cloud infrastructure and Stripe's payment platform.

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in designing and maintaining large-scale APIs and systems, preferably within payment or fintech environments. They possess excellent technical and strategic skills, with a proven ability to mentor teams and drive product innovation.

API developmentSystem designLeadershipDebuggingTechnical strategy
Payment systemsCheckout servicesReliability engineeringScaling large systems
StripeCheckoutAPIsCloud infrastructure
APIsLarge-scale systemsDebuggingSoftware best practicesLeadershipMentoringAPI designSystem architecture
APIsAPIsLarge-scale systemsDebuggingSoftware best practicesTechnical leadershipAPI designSystem architecture
LeadershipMentoringStrategic thinkingCollaborationProblem-solving
Industry Fintech
Job Function Lead API and system development for payment processing at Stripe
Engineering ManagerAPIsLarge-scale systemsAPI designSystem architectureDebuggingSoftware best practicesLeadershipMentoringStripeCheckoutReliabilityPayment systemsTechnical strategyScaling

Lack of API or system design experience, No leadership or mentoring experience, Unfamiliarity with payment systems, Inability to work on-site in New York

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