Forward Deployed Engineer, Professional Services

at Stripe

📍 United States
📍 Toronto, Canada
📍 Chicago, United States

USD 173,000-259,600 per year

MIDDLE

✅ Remote ✅ On-site

Tech Stack
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1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;

3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;

7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;

10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.

AI @ 2 API @ 6 Data Modeling @ 6 Distributed Systems @ 6 Go @ 5 Java @ 5 JavaScript @ 5 React @ 5 Ruby @ 5 TypeScript @ 5

Details

Stripe's Professional Services team works with strategic users to deliver software and enable successful Stripe integrations. The Forward Deployed Engineering team builds and delivers scalable Stripe integrations and standalone applications directly for users.

The role involves working closely with Stripe's Product and Engineering teams to extend Stripe integrations, build applications deployed in user environments, develop priority features within Stripe's ecosystem, and augment customer development teams.

Responsibilities

Design and architect robust, secure, scalable technical solutions aligned with customer needs.
Design, build, and deploy production applications combining user business logic, Stripe best practices, and user-facing interfaces.
Collaborate directly with internal and external stakeholders, bridging technical teams and executives.
Drive the direction of Stripe's new Forward Deployed Engineering team and contribute to technical projects.
Engage directly with users to understand challenges and requirements and co-develop solutions.
Contribute tooling, frameworks, and best practices that scale impact across accounts.
Start new projects while maintaining existing systems and taking ownership of the team's direction.

Requirements

5+ years of professional, hands-on full-stack development experience with languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Ruby, Go, or Java.
Experience with backend infrastructure and building systems that scale.
Demonstrated ability to design, build, and deploy production applications.
Excellence in rapid prototyping while maintaining appropriate quality standards.
Familiarity with containerized applications and object-oriented programming languages.
Superb problem-solving skills and the ability to understand the product and business side of development.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working as a software consultant.
Strong command of distributed systems, API design, and data modeling.
Familiarity with AI APIs and AI code-generation tools.
A proven track record of delivering technical solutions in enterprise environments that drive measurable outcomes.
Ability to handle ambiguity and learn new technologies, frameworks, and tools while working in varied client environments.