Engineering Manager, Billing Subscriptions

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.

The Revenue and Financial Automation (RFA) teams create solutions that empower businesses to optimize their revenue operations. A significant component of RFA is Stripe Billing, which is one of our fastest-growing product areas and helps businesses manage and scale their revenue effectively.

 

Foundational to Stripe Billing’s success is the Billing Infrastructure team. This team builds and maintains the critical foundation that powers our billing systems. They develop scalable, resilient services that form the backbone of Billing operations, focusing on developer productivity, performance, reliability, and consistency across all our systems. This work enables Stripe to support businesses from startups to global enterprises while maintaining the highest standards of service quality. The Billing Infrastructure team creates platforms and infrastructure solutions that cut across the entire Billing organization. This provides the solid foundation that allows other specialized Billing teams focusing on their product areas. By joining the Billing Infrastructure team, you’ll help architect and develop systems that process millions of subscriptions and power financial flows for businesses worldwide, while solving complex distributed systems challenges at scale.

As an Engineering Manager at Stripe, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of your team and the broader organization. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading engineering and design processes, coaching, mentoring, and supporting your team as they build innovative solutions.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across product, design, infrastructure, and operations to ensure alignment on projects and objectives.
• Owning problems from end-to-end by managing diverse systems, processes, and technologies, while continuously seeking opportunities to optimize efficiency and user experience.
• Upholding high engineering standards, ensuring consistency across codebases, and implementing best practices throughout your team.
• Recruiting top engineering talent in partnership with Stripe’s recruiting team to build a diverse and high-performing team.
• Supporting your team members' career growth by providing insights and development opportunities tailored to their goals.

We're looking for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications below, with preferred qualifications that would be advantageous but are not required. If you meet the minimum requirement, we encourage you to apply.

• 5+ years of experience managing and growing teams of engineers.
• Proven track record managing a team of 5+ software engineers focused on building and shipping products at scale.
• An ability to empathize with users and advocate for exceptional user experiences.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a history of creatively tackling complex challenges.
• Experience thriving in cross-functional environments, demonstrating rigorous thinking and effective decision-making.
• Background in dealing with ambiguity and executing on multiple high-impact work streams simultaneously.
• Commitment to fostering a supportive, feedback-driven, and challenging work environment.
• Technical proficiency to engage thoughtfully with engineers about architecture and product design, offering valuable insights when necessary.
• A mindset of autonomy and entrepreneurship, where you're excited to take responsibility and drive initiatives forward.

Alignment with Stripe’s Operating Principles

In this role, you will embody our operating principles by maintaining a focus on user outcomes, fostering open communication and cross-team collaboration, and embracing an iterative approach to both product development and team management. You will make decisions that reflect our commitment to integrity, excellence, and the long-term success of our users and the company.

If you are passionate about empowering engineers and driving impactful projects in a dynamic environment, we would love to hear from you!

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is C$213,600 - C$320,400. This range may change if you are hired in another location. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and specific location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant’s location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.