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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Workplace
- On-site
- Category
- Full-stack
What you'll be doing
Stripe seeks Software Engineers in Dublin to build software services and platforms impacting thousands of employees and millions of users. The role involves working across the stack, building APIs and user experiences, and contributing to Stripe's infrastructure for payments and risk products.
- Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems from end-to-end
- Work closely with engineers, designers, and product managers to build new features and products
- Uphold high engineering standards and bring consistency to codebases and processes
- Build elegant APIs and user experiences for merchants
- Contribute to the design and architecture of Stripe's next generation infrastructure
Key requirements
Must-have
- 2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (excluding internships or co-ops)
- Ability to work effectively across the stack with different languages and tools
- Comfort shipping user-facing experiences and writing custom queries to analyze experiment results
- Strong coding skills in any programming language
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to contribute to peers' success
- Ability to thrive with high autonomy and responsibility
- Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks
Nice-to-have
- Experience working in high-growth teams
- Experience building financial systems or tools for financial experts
Experience: 2–12+ years industry software engineering experience (excluding internships or co-ops)
Role signals
- Technical focus
- full-stack
- Architecture / system design
- Indicated in the listing
- Hands-on vs management
- Hands-on
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Full job description
Who we are
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 Payments organization focuses on developing products and platforms that enable users to accept payments from customers efficiently. This includes building APIs for processing payments, enabling regional, non-card payment options, and extending Stripe's capabilities to make it easy for businesses to accept in-person payments. The Risk Engineering organization develops products that minimize financial and regulatory risks while ensuring a seamless user experience, thereby safeguarding Stripe's brand and financial stability.
The Premium Merchant Experiences team helps businesses using Stripe succeed by providing high-quality, contextual, and timely premium support options. Our Dublin-based team is a startup within Stripe, building a greenfield product—offering both automated, AI-driven support and improved access to technical experts across Stripe.
The Payments Intelligence team is dedicated to simplifying and scaling online payments for merchants. Our primary objective is to maximize payment performance by optimizing conversion rates, minimizing costs, and managing fraud, regardless of whether a merchant processes payments via Stripe. We are responsible for developing products such as Radar, Authorization Boost and Authentication, focusing on the creation of high-performance services and seamless user experiences.
Team matching—exact team matching for one of the subteams within this org will begin during final stages. Please note we may also consider you for different orgs based on your experience, location, etc.
What you'll do
We're looking for software engineers who are interested in building software services and platforms that impact thousands of employees and millions of Stripe users, regardless of whether they're an end user, developer, or partner.
Responsibilities
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Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems from end-to-end
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Work closely with engineers, designers, and product managers to build new features and products
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Uphold our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you encounter
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Build elegant APIs and user experiences that enable merchants to run and scale their businesses on top of Stripe
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Contribute to the design and architecture of the next generation of Stripe's infrastructure, to meet the high-growth needs of our company and customers for years to come
Who you are
We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
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2–12+ years of industry software engineering experience (does not include internships or co-ops)
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You work effectively across the stack from top to bottom, comfortably navigating codebases with different languages and tools
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You're equally comfortable shipping user-facing experiences as you are writing custom queries to analyze experiment results
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Strong coding skills in any programming language (we understand new languages can be learned on the job, so our interview process is language-agnostic)
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Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success
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Ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility, and think of yourself as entrepreneurial
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Interest in working as a generalist across varying technologies and stacks to solve problems and delight both internal and external users
Preferred qualifications
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Experience working in high-growth teams similar to Stripe
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Experience building financial systems or tools for financial experts
Interview prep pack
Grounded in this listing. Use it to prepare examples before you apply.
Your interview focus
Based on this listing, the Software Engineer, Payments and Risk role at Stripe in Dublin focuses on building robust, scalable software services and platforms for payments and risk management, with an emphasis on full-stack development, high engineering standards, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Full-stack technical depth·High
- API and infrastructure design·High
- Cross-functional collaboration·Medium
- Autonomy and initiative·Medium
Only have 30 minutes?
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Start 30-minute prep
Your 30-minute plan
Review Stripe's Payments and Risk Offerings
0–7 minSpend time reading Stripe's documentation and recent blog posts to understand their products and technical challenges.
Prepare Full-Stack Project Examples
7–15 minSelect 1-2 projects that showcase your end-to-end ownership, API design, and collaboration skills.
Brush Up on API and Data Analysis Skills
15–21 minReview best practices for API design and practice writing queries or analyzing experiment results.
Reflect on Collaboration and Autonomy
21–26 minThink of stories that demonstrate your ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.
Draft Role-Specific Questions
26–30 minPrepare thoughtful questions about the team, technical challenges, and growth opportunities.
Talking points
, 6 itemsEnd-to-End Problem Solving Across the Stack
You should be ready to discuss examples where you owned a problem from initial design through deployment, demonstrating comfort with both frontend and backend technologies.
Building and Maintaining High-Quality APIs
Stripe values elegant, consistent APIs; prepare to share how you've designed, implemented, or improved APIs for internal or external users.
Collaboration with Diverse Teams
Expect to illustrate how you have worked with engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver features or resolve challenges.
Upholding Engineering Standards
Be ready to explain how you ensure code quality, consistency, and maintainability across different codebases or projects.
Autonomy and Entrepreneurial Mindset
Stripe seeks engineers who thrive with autonomy; prepare stories where you took initiative or drove projects independently.
Analyzing Experiment Results
You may be asked about your experience writing custom queries or analyzing data to inform product or engineering decisions.
What to research
, 4 itemsStripe's Payments and Risk Products
Review Stripe's public documentation and blog posts about products like Radar, Authorization Boost, and Authentication.
API Design Best Practices
Brush up on principles of designing scalable, maintainable APIs, especially for financial or high-availability systems.
Full-Stack Engineering Skills
Prepare to discuss and demonstrate experience with both frontend and backend technologies, even if the specific stack is not listed.
Collaboration in Cross-Functional Teams
Reflect on past experiences working with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver features or solve problems.
Questions to ask
, 6 itemsHow does the team balance building new features with maintaining existing systems and technical debt?
Why ask this? To understand the team's approach to long-term code quality and sustainability.
What are the biggest technical challenges currently facing the Payments and Risk teams?
Why ask this? To gain insight into the team's priorities and where you could add value.
How does Stripe support engineers in learning new technologies or working across different stacks?
Why ask this? To assess opportunities for growth and the company's attitude toward generalist engineers.
Can you describe the typical collaboration process between engineers, product managers, and designers?
Why ask this? To clarify expectations for cross-functional teamwork.
What does success look like for this role in the first six months?
Why ask this? To understand performance expectations and how impact is measured.
How are engineering standards and best practices maintained across multiple codebases?
Why ask this? To learn about code quality processes and consistency across teams.
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