Job description
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 Privy
Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empower their users.
Learn more about Privy:
- Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone
What you’ll do
As a technical leader on the identity and authentication team, you’ll own the strategy and experience for Privy’s thousands of developers and tens of millions of users. From powerful tooling like user management APIs to deep in-the-weeds browser auth token management, your impact will be realized across the stack, surrounded by a high-powered team that constantly ships.
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. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
- An understanding of modern API development best practices and design
- Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration
- An ability to thrive in a fast paced environment.
- A growth mindset and a constant curiosity and fearlessness to dive into the unknown.
- An ability to write maintainable, well-tested, modular code, but also be pragmatic about moving fast.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation.
Preferred qualifications
- Strong preference for experience in an API-based business and in payments, fintech, or crypto.
- Written open-source developer tooling
- Published about your work (open source code, internal or external presentations, blog posts, etc.)
- Past experience working in authentication or security
