What is 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.
Mission & values
Increase the GDP of the internet by building financial infrastructure for businesses.
User-first rigor
Builds financial tools with careful attention to reliability and developer experience.
High standards
Hires for strong judgment, clarity, and craft.
Long-term impact
Focuses on infrastructure that compounds for internet businesses.
Qualifications
Roles often require payments, fintech, risk, financial infrastructure, distributed systems, product, design, operations, sales, support, compliance, or go-to-market experience.
Leadership
Patrick Collison
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-founded Stripe in 2010 with his brother John. Irish entrepreneur, Y Combinator alum.
John Collison
Co-Founder & President
Co-founded Stripe in 2010 with his brother Patrick.
Will Gaybrick
Chief Operating Officer
Leads Stripe operations; previously Stripe President and CFO.
Steffan Tomlinson
Chief Financial Officer
Joined Stripe as CFO; previously CFO at Confluent and Palo Alto Networks.
Hiring process
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1
Apply online
Submit an application through Stripe's official careers page.
About 1 day
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2
Recruiter screen
Discuss role fit, location, expectations, and relevant experience.
About 7 days
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3
Team interviews
Complete role-specific interviews, exercises, case work, or technical screens.
About 14 days
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4
Offer and onboarding
Finalize compensation, work setup, and onboarding requirements.
About 7 days
Funding
Awards & recognition
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Forbes Cloud 100 #1 · 2024
Forbes
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$91.5B valuation tender · 2025
Stripe
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Payments volume crossed $1.4 trillion · 2024
Stripe
Company information
- Industry: Fintech / Payments
- Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded: 2010
- Employees: 8,000
- Website: stripe.com ↗
- LinkedIn: Company page ↗
- X / Twitter: Profile ↗