Forward Deployed Engineer, Professional Services

at Stripe

📍 Dublin, Ireland

EUR 84,000-126,000 per year

MIDDLE

✅ On-site

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

Details

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. The Professional Services team works with strategic users to deliver software and enable successful Stripe implementations. The Forward Deployed Engineering team builds and delivers scalable Stripe integrations and standalone applications directly for users.

Responsibilities

Design and architect robust technical solutions that are secure, scalable, and 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 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.
Build standalone applications deployed in user environments, develop priority features within Stripe's ecosystem, and augment existing development teams to deliver faster and more resilient Stripe integrations.
Take ownership of new projects and help establish the direction of this new team.

Requirements

Minimum 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.
Ability to rapidly prototype 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 aspects 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.
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 a variety of client environments.