Senior Software Engineer, Docs Product
Stripe Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Senior Software Engineering role at Stripe. New York · $190,400–$285,600 base.
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What you'll do
- Set technical direction for major documentation-platform work, writing design proposals and aligning engineering teams
- Plan multi-quarter efforts that cross teams, then make architecture choices for scalable, reliable documentation tools
- Assess how AI and LLM capabilities should fit into documentation platforms and authoring tools
- Build and maintain performant full-stack services, contribute code, and work across varied languages and tools
- Resolve production problems, improve reliability, and take responsibility for system health and incident response
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, engineering or a related field, plus four years in software engineering
- Four years in full-stack work using Ruby, Java, TypeScript or Bazel, and leading large projects across teams
- Two years writing and reviewing system design documents, making architectural choices, and collaborating with junior colleagues
- Two years building automated testing frameworks, designing MongoDB data models, and applying AI/LLM technical standards
Who this fits
This senior role suits an engineer who can set architecture and roadmaps while also contributing code and handling production reliability. The position is based in New York, with half-time telecommuting permitted.
From the employer
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe, LLC. 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.
What you’ll do
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design and architecture of major platform initiatives, author design documents and build consensus across engineering teams.
- Define technical roadmaps for complex, multi-quarter projects that span multiple teams.
- Make critical architectural decisions for company documentation infrastructure, balancing scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
- Evaluate and set direction for integrating emerging technologies, including AI/LLM capabilities, into company documentation platforms and authoring tools.
- Establish and evolve engineering standards, best practices and technical guidelines for the team and broader organization.
- Partner with engineering teams across the company to understand documentation needs and design integrated solutions.
- Design, build and maintain scalable, reliable and performant services and systems.
- Contribute high-quality code across the full stack and navigate codebases with different languages and tools.
- Debug and resolve complex production issues and improve system reliability.
- Take ownership of system health and incident response.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Must have a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related field, plus four (4) years of experience in Software Engineering.
Must have four (4) years of experience in each of the following:
- Working in a full stack environment with a focus on Ruby, Java, Typescript or Bazel;
- Working as a technical lead for large projects; defining roadmaps for projects that span >6 months and across several teams;
Must have two (2) years of experience in each of the following:
- Authoring and reviewing technical design documents and driving architectural decisions for complex systems while collaborating with junior colleagues;
- Building and scaling automated testing and validation frameworks;
- Designing and implementing persistent data models using MongoDB; and
- Implementing emerging technical standards for AI/LLMs.
Salary: $190,400 - $285,600/yr
This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions/sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.
40 hrs/week
50% Telecommuting permitted.
Multiple Positions Available.
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. NY59
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