# Staff Fullstack Engineer, User Auth Experience

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Frontend Development, Backend Development, Full-Stack Development, Authentication, account security, IAM, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, role-based access control, identity governance, APIs, web ux, analytics engines, Scalable Systems, Fraud Detection
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Leads the vision, technical direction, and development of secure full-stack authentication experiences and reusable account-management infrastructure. The role requires 8+ years of software development experience, technical leadership, and strong frontend and backend expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Build beautiful web experiences and secure full-stack authentication machinery impacting millions of users.
- Make effective tradeoffs across business priorities, user experience, and sustainable technical foundations.
- Drive sound technical decisions and lead technical conversations with teams across the organization.
- Shape the team’s culture, roadmap, and vision through guidance, mentorship, foresight, and technical expertise.
- Assist with the growth and development of the engineering team and organization while maintaining a high bar for excellence and technical curiosity.

## Requirements

- **8+ years** of experience in full-time software development roles.
- Experience serving as a technical lead by guiding a team, influencing its roadmap, and overseeing complex, cross-functional projects.
- Experience across both frontend and backend development, with strong generalist full-stack ability.
- Ability to collaborate with other teams to identify high-impact solutions and solve problems quickly.
- Excellent oral and written communication.

## Nice-to-haves

- Preference for simple, scalable solutions and designs, with strong intuition for long-term maintainability.
- Expertise at the intersection of security and authentication systems, including partnerships with Security and Fraud teams.
- Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and identity governance.
- Experience building scalable, resilient, and observable systems alongside strong frontend UX practices.
- Ability to understand user needs and incorporate them into broader product and technical goals.
- Experience integrating unfamiliar services and processes.
- Experience building software for fellow developers.

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