Engineering Manager, Accounting Products

Stripe

Bengaluru, India

On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience leading high-complexity engineering teams in financial systems.

Best fit for

Candidates with 10+ years of industry experience and a track record of leading complex engineering teams
— “5+ years of engineering management experience and 10+ years of overall experience in the industry.”
Individuals who can drive product roadmaps through direct customer engagement and cross-functional alignment
— “Collaborate with product managers and talk to directly to customers to drive a high-impact, prioritized roadmap for your team.”

Things to consider

The role demands significant autonomy and decision-making in a high-growth environment
— “Thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility.”
Candidates must be prepared to work closely with finance professionals and integrate with broader SaaS systems
— “Partner with engineers and product managers across Stripe to ensure your features are integrated into the Stripe suite.”

How to stand out

Highlight your experience in leading teams that deliver scalable financial data systems
— “Lead your team of talented engineers to solve data management systems challenges at scale.”
Demonstrate your ability to align technical solutions with customer needs and business priorities
— “Collaborate with product managers and talk to directly to customers to drive a high-impact, prioritized roadmap.”
Showcase your hands-on technical contributions in large-scale system design or implementation
— “Strong technical background and hands-on experience in solving large scale and difficult technical problems.”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

lead the team building the revenue subledger accounting system
collaborate with product managers and talk to directly to customers
recruit, coach, mentor, develop, and grow engineers on your team
be deeply involved in launching new product features and capabilities

Typical background

5+ years of engineering management experience and 10+ years of overall experience in the industrysuccessfully led high-complexity teamsworks very well cross-functionally

Skills & requirements

Required

Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipProduct ManagementTeam DevelopmentCross-functional CollaborationLarge Scale Data Management

Preferred

Large Scale Distributed SystemsBig Data Processing SystemsFinancial SystemsAccounting Procedures

Stack & domain

Data Management SystemsLarge Scale Distributed SystemsBig Data Processing SystemsAccounting ProceduresSystemsCommunicationDecision MakingTeamworkFinanceAccountingEngineering

About the role

Original posting from Stripe

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’s Revenue & Financial Management group is building new products that expand the scope of problems we tackle beyond payments into Revenue Management, Financial Operations and analytics. Right now this includes products like Billing, Invoicing, Revenue Recognition, Reconciliation and the underlying platform for batch and real time processing of large scale financial data to power these solutions. These solutions are going to be key pillars for Stripe’s growing SaaS business and a major revenue stream.
What you’ll do
We are seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead the team building the foundation for accounting system and user-facing product features that will streamline and automate accrual accounting for Stripe customers.
Responsibilities
Lead your team of talented engineers to solve data engineering challenges at scale and deliver a high level of technical and operational excellence
Collaborate with product managers and talk to directly to customers to drive a high-impact, prioritized roadmap for your team
Recruit, coach, mentor, develop, and grow engineers on your team
Be deeply involved in launching new product features and capabilities
Partner with engineers and product managers across Stripe to ensure your features are integrated into the Stripe suite
Contribute to engineering initiatives across the Revenue and Finance Automation (RFA) organization and across Stripe as a member of Stripe’s engineering management 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. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
5+ years of engineering management experience and 10+ years of overall experience in the industry.
Successfully led high-complexity teams, working in parallel on multiple high-impact areas.
Works very well cross-functionally, and is able to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs.
Thrives on a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
Encourages a healthy work environment that’s both supportive and challenging and enables engineers to do their best work.
Strong technical background and hands-on experience in solving large scale and difficult technical problems.
Values and enjoys working with a diverse group of people with different expertise.
Preferred qualifications
Familiarity with large scale distributed systems or big data processing systems.
Experience working in high-growth teams similar to Stripe.
Experience building financial systems or tools for financial experts.
Experience with accounting procedures or systems

Source: Stripe careers