Is the Engineering Manager - Core Performance role remote?

It's hybrid — Stripe expects some on-site time in Sydney, Australia.

How much experience is required?

At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager - Core Performance role.

Where is the role based?

Stripe is hiring for this position in Sydney, Australia.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Java, Ruby, Go, Compute, Linux.

What seniority level is this role?

Stripe targets lead candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Engineering Manager - Core Performance role at Stripe.

Engineering Manager - Core Performance at Stripe

Joblaze summary

The Engineering Manager for Core Performance at Stripe leads a team focused on enhancing the efficiency and latency of the company's critical infrastructure systems. This role requires a strong background in large-scale infrastructure performance, cloud technologies, and programming languages like Go and Java. Ideal candidates have over a decade of software engineering experience, including significant management experience, and a proven ability to foster inclusive, high-performing teams. The position emphasizes collaboration across geographically distributed teams to drive strategic technical initiatives.

Joblaze insights

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Quick facts

Is the Engineering Manager - Core Performance role remote?: It's hybrid — Stripe expects some on-site time in Sydney, Australia.
How much experience is required?: At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager - Core Performance role.
Where is the role based?: Stripe is hiring for this position in Sydney, Australia.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Java, Ruby, Go, Compute, Linux.
What seniority level is this role?: Stripe targets lead candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Engineering Manager - Core Performance role at Stripe.

From the original posting

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 Infrastructure is responsible for the reliability, scale, performance, and cost of Stripe's systems and the productivity and sentiment of Stripe's people. You may work on a wide variety of critical business areas within Core Infrastructure. We're the home for Stripe's critical tier-0 infrastructure systems (Compute, Networking, DocumentDB, Distributed Caching, and High Assurance Engineering). We build the foundational platform for Stripe products and services to allow them to operate at scale. We drive reliability, availability, efficiency, and scalability of these systems.

What you'll do

As an Engineering Manager for the Core Performance team at Stripe, you'll lead a team responsible for driving improvements in efficiency and latency across Stripe.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an engineering team in Sydney—hire, coach, mentor, and develop engineers at all levels

• Partner with engineering teams across Stripe to identify and implement infrastructure solutions that enhance scalability, reliability, and efficiency

• Create team vision, define goals, prioritize work, and deliver high-quality outcomes

• Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement

• Collaborate with staff engineers and technical leadership on architecture and strategic technical decisions, translating technical strategy into team-level plans

• Work effectively with geographically distributed colleagues and remote workers to ensure alignment and visibility

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

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years in engineering management. You have a proven track record of leading, growing, and aligning inclusive teams, including remote and distributed engineers

• Deep background in the performance, efficiency, and capacity planning of large-scale infrastructure platforms capable of handling millions of requests per second (RPS)

• Extensive hands-on experience with cloud technologies (preferably AWS), core infrastructure components (Compute, Linux, Storage), and relevant programming languages (e.g., Go, Ruby, Java)

• Demonstrated acumen in guiding technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap planning for complex infrastructure systems in ambiguous, fast-changing environments

• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to leverage data to drive decision-making and influence cross-functional teams across all levels of the organization