Engineering Manager- Core Infrastructure

What you’ll do

As an Engineering Manager in Core Infrastructure at Stripe, you will lead a team solving challenging distributed systems problems and drive critical improvements in our foundational platform. Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with senior leadership to define and execute strategic initiatives for Stripe's core infrastructure.
• Leading and mentoring a team of experienced engineers, fostering their growth and career development.
• Driving technical decisions and architectural improvements for large-scale, distributed systems.
• Partnering with product and engineering teams across Stripe to identify and implement infrastructure solutions that enhance scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Cultivating a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Supporting the engineering team in achieving a high level of technical quality, reliability, and ease-of-use.
• Recruiting great engineers, in collaboration with Stripe's recruiting team.

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 industry experience in software engineering, with at least 3-4 years in engineering management roles.
• Deep expertise in designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure.
• Extensive experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
• Strong background in multiple areas of infrastructure, such as compute, networking, databases, caching systems, or storage.
• Proven track record of leading and growing high-performing engineering teams.
• Experience in managing geographically distributed teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to drive technical strategy and roadmap planning for complex infrastructure systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with globally distributed systems and multi-region architectures.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of performance optimization and capacity planning for large-scale systems.
• Experience in scaling infrastructure platforms to handle millions of requests per second (RPS).
• Track record of successful cross-functional project leadership.
• Familiarity with programming languages commonly used in infrastructure, such as Go, Ruby, or Java.