Engineering Manager, Sandboxes
Stripe · United States
About this role
## Who we are **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. ## About the team **Testability** has long been a priority for Stripe. Before users trust code with their money, they need to verify that it’s safe and correct. This need drove Stripe to build **test mode** and, more recently, **Sandboxes**, which enables safe, isolated, and scalable testing. As businesses build with AI and agents, their testing needs are evolving. Stripe customers use **claimable sandboxes** to add Stripe capabilities to prototypes before business registration. Once onboarded, they provision **isolated test environments** to support agents’ exploration. The **Sandboxes team** defines, builds, and operates these testing capabilities—working across Stripe to make products testable and helping businesses develop with confidence. ## What you’ll do - Lead and grow the **Sandboxes engineering team**, setting technical direction and operating critical systems. - Build a culture of **operational excellence** and **thoughtful product development**. - Partner with **Product, Design, and Data Science** to shape and deliver the team’s strategy. - Build **reusable testing capabilities** across Stripe, with attention to the details that make developer tools effective and easy to use. ### Responsibilities - Lead engineering planning and execution, partnering with Design to build clear, useful testing experiences. - Shape the team’s strategy and roadmap, aligning partners across Product, Design, Infrastructure, Marketing, and Operations. - Own delivery from problem definition through rollout and ongoing operation—improving both system performance and user experience. - Uphold high engineering standards across the team’s codebases and development practices. - Partner with Recruiting to hire engineers and build a diverse, high-performing team. - Coach and mentor engineers, provide candid feedback, and support career development tailored to their goals. ## Who you are We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. ### Minimum requirements - **4+ years** of engineering management experience, directly managing and growing teams of **5+ engineers** building and shipping products at scale. - **8+ years** of full-time software development experience. - Experience building **reusable, extensible software** that supports a range of user needs, with strong user empathy and commitment to high-quality user experiences. - Strong problem-solving skills with a track record of finding practical solutions to complex challenges. - Experience turning ambiguous goals into clear priorities and delivering multiple high-impact workstreams. - A track record of building a supportive environment with candid feedback and high expectations. - Technical depth to guide architecture and product design discussions and help engineers make informed tradeoffs. - Experience taking ownership of initiatives and moving work forward independently. ### Preferred qualifications - Strong product and design judgment, including the ability to simplify complex user experiences. - Experience making decisions and building strong working relationships across teams. - Experience building and leading a **distributed team**
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