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

The Globalization Platform team plays a pivotal role in ensuring that Stripe products are accessible and user-friendly for customers worldwide. This team is responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure required to localize our products and services across various languages and cultures. By joining this team, you will contribute to providing a seamless experience for users across the globe and help expand Stripe’s global impact.

Please be aware that this role currently requires you to come to the Barcelona office once a week. In the near future, the work model will shift to a hybrid arrangement, with a 50% remote and 50% in-office presence in Barcelona, Spain.

What you’ll do

You will design, implement and maintain the platform for software internationalization at scale to drive widespread adoption among the engineering teams. The primary objective of this platform is to bring forth substantial enhancements in the quality, speed, and cost-efficiency of localization processes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a comprehensive globalization infrastructure capable of supporting diverse clients, including services, UIs, and written communications. Ensure deep integration with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous localization.
  
• Enable seamless integration with external providers, such as translation management services, to streamline localization workflows.
  
• Implement quality assurance mechanisms and robust processes to deliver an exceptional user experience, including regular assessments of platform efficiency.
  
• Explore cutting-edge technologies, like AI/ML-based translations, to optimize localization turn-around time and cost-effectiveness.
  
• Facilitate a smooth transition from the existing infrastructure to the new platform, minimizing disruptions and maintaining operational continuity.
  

Who you are

We are seeking a candidate with a strong background in backend services, tooling and infrastructure. As a member of our new generation globalization platform, we expect you to bring extensive experience that will serve as a solid foundation for our team. Additionally, we want individuals with a strong product sense and emphasis on product quality, especially as this team will be responsible for defining what a great localized, native experience is for our users and maintaining a high bar.

Minimum requirements

• Have 3+ years of backend engineering experience building services using programming languages such as Ruby, Java, or Go.
  
• Proven experience in developing infrastructure solutions.
  
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration with external vendors.
  
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in implementing solutions for localization in a global software environment.
  
• Proficiency in either Ruby or Java.
  
• Focuses on the needs of our users, both internal and external