Engineering Manager - Core Performance

Who we are

About Stripe

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.

About the team

Stripe Infrastructure is responsible for the reliability, scale, performance, and cost of Stripe’s systems and the productivity and sentiment of Stripe’s people. You may work on a wide variety of critical business areas within Core Infrastructure. We’re the home for Stripe's critical tier-0 infrastructure systems (Compute, Networking, DocumentDB, Distributed Caching and High assurance engineering). We build the foundational platform for Stripe products and services to allow them to operate at scale. We drive reliability, availability, efficiency and scalability of these systems.

What you’ll do

As an Engineering Manager for the Core Performance team at Stripe, you will lead a team responsible for driving improvements in efficiency and latency across Stripe. Your responsibilities will include:

Lead and grow an engineering team in Sydney: hire, coach, mentor, and develop engineers at all levels.
Partner with engineering teams across Stripe to identify and implement infrastructure solutions that enhance scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
Create team vision, define goals, prioritize work, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
Cultivating a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with staff engineers and technical leadership on architecture and strategic technical decisions; translate technical strategy into team-level plans.
Work effectively with geographically distributed colleagues and remote workers to ensure alignment and visibility.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply.

Minimum requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in engineering management. You have a proven track record of leading, growing, and aligning inclusive teams, including remote and distributed engineers.
Deep background in the performance, efficiency, and capacity planning of large-scale infrastructure platforms capable of handling millions of requests per second (RPS).
Extensive hands-on experience with cloud technologies (preferably AWS), core infrastructure components (Compute, Linux, Storage), and relevant programming languages (e.g., Go, Ruby, Java).
Demonstrated acumen in guiding technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap planning for complex infrastructure systems in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to leverage data to drive decision-making and influence cross-functional teams across all levels of the organization.

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is A$216,000 - A$324,000. 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.

Office locations

Sydney

Team

Infrastructure & Corporate Tech

Job type

Full time

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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.

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