Internal Product Engineer, DevProd AI

Stripe
Toronto, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level engineers with AI tooling experience working in cross-continent teams to enhance developer productivity.

Best fit for

  • Engineers who thrive in autonomous roles building internal developer tools.
    — “Have the ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy
  • Candidates with hands-on experience in AI developer tooling workflows.
    — “Experience using AI developer tooling as part of their day-to-day workflows
  • Product-focused engineers passionate about improving developer experiences.
    — “Product engineer - demonstrated ability and opinionation on great product experiences

Things to consider

  • Position requires collaboration across North America and Europe time zones.
    — “We’re a cross-continent team, spanning North America and Europe
  • Role demands strong articulation of customer needs in technical forums.
    — “Customer obsession, ability to articulate and represent customer experience

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific examples of tools you've built for other engineers.
    — “Hands on experience building tools or platforms used by other engineers
  • Highlight data-driven decisions in past developer tool projects.
    — “High data fluency engineer - demonstrated ability to use large datasets
  • Prepare to discuss your opinions on AI in software engineering.
    — “Deep curiosity and opinionation about the use of AI in software engineering
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • Built internal AI coding tools
  • Accelerated engineering productivity
  • Represented customer experience
Typical background
Experience in software engineeringBackground in AI and machine learning

Skills & requirements

Required

Software EngineeringAI Developer ToolingCollaborationCustomer ObsessionAutonomy

Preferred

High Data FluencyProduct ExperienceCoding Tools

Stack & domain

Software EngineeringAi Developer ToolingLlm AgentsCoding ToolsPlatformsData StructuresAlgorithmsCollaborationCustomer ObsessionAutonomyHigh AgencyProduct PerspectivesAI

About the role

As an Internal Product Engineer at Stripe, you will be at the forefront of developing AI-driven tools that significantly enhance engineering productivity, requiring a blend of technical prowess and a deep understanding of user needs, making it ideal for someone who thrives in innovation and collaboration.

Original posting from Stripe

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

We are a brand new team, working quickly to accelerate Stripes engineering productivity by effectively deploying LLM agents and tools to automate large swaths of the engineering workflow. We’re a cross-continent team, spanning North America and Europe - filled with high agency engineers with strong product perspectives. Some examples of what we work on: here and here.

What you’ll do

You will build the next generation of internal AI coding tools and platforms, to massively accelerate Stripe’s engineering productivity safely and with a clear focus on our users’ needs.

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

We’re looking for someone who has:

Strong software engineering skills and ability to write high quality code at high velocity

2-5 years of professional hands-on software development experience, able to write well-factored algorithms and have experience with commonly used data structure and algorithms

Hands on experience building tools or platforms used by other engineers or internal users

Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers’ success

Customer obsession, ability to articulate and represent customer experience in various forums to drive the right outcome

Have the ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy, and responsibility

Experience using AI developer tooling as part of their day-to-day workflows

Minimum requirements

We’re looking for someone who has:

Strong software engineering skills and ability to write high quality code at high velocity

2-5 years of professional hands-on software development experience, able to write well-factored algorithms and have experience with commonly used data structure and algorithms

Hands on experience building tools or platforms used by other engineers or internal users

Strong collaboration skills, can work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers’ success

Customer obsession, ability to articulate and represent customer experience in various forums to drive the right outcome

Have the ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy, and responsibility

Experience using AI developer tooling as part of their day-to-day workflows

Preferred qualifications

Deep curiosity and opinionation about the use of AI in software engineering.

Direct experience building coding or other software development tools.

We’re excited about rounded engineers, but would be extremely excited to find engineers that fit one of these two archetypes

High data fluency engineer - demonstrated ability to use large datasets to pick out user insights and inform product development.

Product engineer - demonstrated ability and opinionation on great product experiences, with high attention to detail. Bonus if this demonstrated experience is in developer tooling.

Source: Stripe careers

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