Positive: Your enthusiasm and ability to connect with people can help build a motivated team and foster a positive atmosphere.
Positive: You are creative and can contribute fresh ideas to the card payments strategy, particularly in expanding into new regions.
Negative: Managing complex, high-stakes payment systems requires consistent attention to detail and follow-through, which can be a challenge for your spontaneous style.
Negative: The high autonomy and responsibility may feel isolating without frequent collaboration and feedback from others.
Negative: Developing engineers' careers requires sustained one-on-one mentorship, which may conflict with your desire for variety and big-picture excitement.

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 APAC & EMEA Cards team powers the processing of hundreds of billions of dollars in card payments annually, enabling users to accept card payments from Asia Pacific, Europe, and Middle East regions. As the Engineering Manager for the team, you’ll have responsibility for expanding the reach of Stripe’s global payments network, delivering the best-in-class experience for card payments in these regions.

In this role, you’ll be making some of the most significant strategic, product, and technical decisions for card payments at Stripe. The systems this team builds enables our users to create a single integration with Stripe, then take payments across an ever-expanding set of card networks and grow their businesses globally.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

Work with other Stripe leaders to author Stripe’s card payments strategy in APAC & EMEA
Develop engineers on the team, helping them advance in their careers
Empower the engineering team to achieve a high level of technical productivity, reliability and simplicity
Manage processes to help the team do its best work and interface effectively with the rest of Stripe
Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Stripe’s engineering management team
Recruit great engineers, in collaboration with Stripe’s recruiting team

You may be a fit for this role if:

You thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
You encourage a healthy work environment that’s both supportive and challenging
You’re excited to help engineers develop new skills and advance in their careers
You’re clear and persuasive in writing and in person
You lead by example, by setting the right context, and by helping teammates do their best work
You’re technical enough to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions

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

BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent technical field
3+ years of Engineering Management experience
7+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role
Demonstrated ability to define and drive complex initiatives/projects
Experience hiring top talent, building diverse, high-performing teams
Strong ability to communicate both with technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred requirements

Experience with payments-related products
Working in global and cross-regional environments
Experience using AI tools to improve team execution, quality, and overall effectiveness

Engineering Manager, APAC & EMEA Cards