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# Staff Software Engineer - Stripe Tax

- **Company:** Stripe, Inc.
- **Location:** Dublin, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Backend, Stripe, Data Analytics
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_4e819d908a61642462dbe41127c96ea4

## About the Role

* 10+ years of industry software engineering experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems
 * Deep software engineering expertise, with a track record of making sound architectural decisions while remaining hands-on in the code
 * A track record of leading complex, multi-team technical programs from ambiguous problem definition through successful delivery and adoption
 * The ability to set long-term technical direction, identify the highest-leverage investments, and make progress amid uncertainty and competing constraints
 * Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to build alignment among senior technical, product, and business stakeholders without relying on authority
 * A commitment to growing other engineers through mentorship, technical feedback, and a culture of rigorous, inclusive, and data-informed decision making, * Experience in tax, financial technology, payments, accounting, financial reporting, or another domain where correctness and regulatory complexity are central
 * Experience working directly with large enterprise customers and translating their complex requirements into durable platform capabilities
 * Experience designing robust integrations with external systems and APIs, or leading platform work that spans backend services, data, and user-facing experiences

## Description

We're looking for an experienced technical leader to shape the architecture and technical roadmap for Stripe Tax. You will work alongside leaders across engineering, product, design, operations, and go-to-market teams to turn complex and evolving tax requirements into simple, reliable experiences for millions of businesses. You will lead high-impact, multi-team efforts, make durable technical decisions, and raise the bar for how we build and operate Stripe Tax., * Drive the technical strategy and execution for Stripe Tax's most important and ambiguous product and platform investments, from early exploration through production adoption

 * Work backwards from the needs of complex global businesses and evolving tax regulations to identify high-leverage opportunities and shape the product roadmap
 * Partner with engineering, product, design, operations, legal, go-to-market, and infrastructure leaders to align teams and deliver cohesive tax experiences across Stripe
 * Design and evolve scalable, resilient systems and data models that meet the exceptionally high standards for correctness, auditability, security, and availability required in tax
 * Drive interoperability across Stripe products and external tax ecosystems, scrutinizing service boundaries, interfaces, and data contracts to keep the platform extensible
 * Raise the engineering bar through hands-on technical leadership, clear decision-making frameworks, operational excellence, and mentorship that accelerates other engineers