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 teamStripe Checkout helps any business–from fast-growing startups to enterprises–accept payments without building their checkout from scratch. We have a suite of checkout surfaces that range from no- and low-code checkout pages to embedded payment forms and highly customized checkout flows. We’re expanding the suite to support emerging business models and continually optimizing so we can ensure Stripe has the most profitable, safest checkouts on the internet.
What you’ll doAs a Staff Designer on Checkout, you'll lead the visual and interaction design direction for our most opinionated and optimized checkout surfaces. You’ll define how checkouts should flex to support emerging business models and underserved verticals, taking complex merchant needs and translating them to simple, conversion-optimized solutions. You’ll also contribute to and evolve the backing design system for our checkout surfaces.
Responsibilities- Define the design direction for new features and checkout surfaces across the conversion funnel
- Lead design explorations from initial concept through launch
- Evolve and push boundaries on visual language, component patterns, and design systems
- Shape early product strategy through design exploration and rapid prototyping, making abstract opportunities tangible for product and engineering partners
- Represent Checkout in senior reviews and establish the creative bar for new product directions
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- 8+ years of relevant experience at a tech, product-driven company
- Deep fluency in visual design, interaction design, systems thinking, and prototyping with AI tools
- Experience leading complex work in close partnership with product management engineering, and design leadership
- Experience shaping ambiguous spaces and driving clarity through design
- Confident presenting work to senior leaders and skilled at communicating design decisions through clear, compelling storytelling
- Experience leading changes to a design system
- Skilled in explaining your work, process, and decisions to cross-functional stakeholders and crave feedback to help you produce your best work
- Background in SaaS, e-commerce, or fintech products
Skills Required
- 8+ years of relevant experience at a technology or product-driven company
- Deep fluency in visual design, interaction design, systems thinking, and prototyping with AI tools
- Experience leading complex work with product management, engineering, and design leadership
- Experience shaping ambiguous spaces and driving clarity through design
- Confident presentation skills with senior leaders and ability to communicate design decisions through clear storytelling
- Experience leading changes to a design system
- Ability to explain work, process, and decisions to cross-functional stakeholders and incorporate feedback
- Background in SaaS, e-commerce, or fintech products
Stripe Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stripe and has not been reviewed or approved by Stripe.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, EAP, and mental‑health support such as therapy sessions; wellness resources are consistently highlighted across materials. Coverage breadth and depth are repeatedly positioned as a core strength.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for birthing and non‑birthing parents, fertility benefits, and adoption assistance are emphasized, making family support a standout element. Feedback suggests these programs compare favorably to common tech benchmarks.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness stipends, gym reimbursement, and onsite meals/snacks (where available) are commonly offered, with flexible lifestyle funds supporting varied needs globally. Education stipends and similar perks further bolster day‑to‑day wellbeing.
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What We Do
Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies like Salesforce and Facebook—use the company’s software to accept online payments and run technically sophisticated financial operations in more than 100 countries. Stripe helps new companies get started and grow their revenues, and established businesses accelerate into new markets and launch new business models. Over the long term, Stripe aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
