About the Job
The Checkout Optimization team is the growth team for Stripe’s checkout UIs. They build high-converting, personalized checkout experiences for buyers and agents, as well as the data platform that powers it.
The team identifies opportunities to improve checkout through rapid product experimentation and delivers optimization at scale through our ML-powered engine. The team also builds the reliable data foundations that enable this work, including experimentation, optimization, and data-informed product decisions across S...
Over the next 6 to 12 months, the team will focus on:
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Managers at Stripe are responsible for the success of their team. You’ll be deeply involved in the engineering and design processes as well as coaching, mentoring, and leading the team. You’ll have a deep understanding of how to drive efficient engineering teams and you’ll have a strong user focus. You'll work with engineers on creating technical solutions and communicating effectively across teams and senior leadership.
Lead and manage a team of talented full-stack product and data engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure their success
Understand buyer and agent needs and pain points to prioritize workstreams and deliver high-quality checkout experiences
Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Data Engineering, and engineering teams across Stripe to deliver these solutions
Lead experimentation and optimization work that improves checkout conversion and buyer experiences
Build and evolve the data platform that enables reliable, self-serve analysis, experimentation, and product decisions across OCS
Drive high standards for the quality, reliability, and usability of the data products and pipelines that support OCS decision-making
Recruit top engineering talent in partnership with Stripe’s recruiting team to build a diverse and high-performing team
Drive the execution of projects, overseeing the entire development lifecycle from planning to delivery, while maintaining high standards of quality and timely completion
Provide hands-on technical leadership, including architecture and design, vision, direction, requirements setting, and incident response processes for your team
Set the team’s direction, from north star vision to goals, OKRs, and roadmap
Required Skills & Abilities
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.
5+ years of engineering management experience, directly managing and growing teams of 5+ engineers focused on building and shipping products at scale
10+ years of full-time software development experience, with a strong background in backend development
Experience working across geographies
Experience leading growth or product teams that have used experimentation to drive product usage and other metrics
Experience building extensible, leveraged software solutions that scale to different kinds of user needs, with the ability to empathize with users and advocate for excellent user experiences
Previous experience working in payments and on payments technology
Previous experience leading a growth team
Previous experience leading a data engineering team
