Engineering Manager, Adaptive Pricing

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.

Adaptive Pricing, one of Stripe s fastest-growing products, makes global selling easier for merchants by enabling them to localize prices in over 150 countries without currency complexities or foreign exchange risk. Our team combines deep technical expertise with a relentless focus on user experience to simplify cross-border commerce for merchants and their customers. We work in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, building scalable pricing infrastructure and innovative features in close collaboration with teams across Stripe.

As an Engineering Manager on the Adaptive Pricing team, you will lead a group of talented engineers building the next generation of global payment experiences. You’ll work alongside technical leaders to set clear priorities, ensure engineering excellence, and cultivate a strong team culture. Your role involves coaching and developing engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability, and partnering closely with product, design, and leadership.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a critical product area with significant business impact while mentoring engineers and shaping Stripe’s global payments future.

• Guide your team in building robust, high-performance pricing and currency conversion products that drive Stripe’s global expansion strategy.
• Define and drive the roadmap and priorities for your team as the editor-in-chief of your team’s plans, collaborating with stakeholders across product, design, infrastructure, and marketing.
• Establish close feedback loops with customers and collaborate closely with partner teams.
• Foster a high level of technical excellence on the team, upholding high engineering standards and implementing best practices throughout your team.
• Supporting your team members  career growth by providing insights and development opportunities tailored to their goals.
• Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Stripe’s engineering management team.

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.

• 4+ years of engineering management experience, directly managing and growing teams of 5+ engineers focused on building and shipping products at scale
• 8+ years of full time software development experience
• Experience building extensible, leveraged software solutions, with the ability to empathize with users and advocate for exceptional user experiences
• Technical acumen to engage thoughtfully with engineers around architecture and implementation decisions, serving as a force multiplier for the team
• A mindset of autonomy and entrepreneurship, where you re excited to take responsibility and drive initiatives forward

• Experience thriving in cross-functional environments, demonstrating rigorous thinking, effective decision-making, and ability to build strong cross-team relationships
• Background in financial product companies and interest in financial products and markets
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for different audiences (leadership, users, company-wide)
• You have a strong product and design sense, and enjoy finding elegant solutions to complex problems

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 our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in-office expectation, and those in…