Solutions Architect for Partners, Startup

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.

As a member of the Partner Solutions Architecture (PSA) team, you will be responsible for providing technical guidance to Stripe's partners. Our goal is to drive growth through co-solutioning, education, and enablement with our partner ecosystem. You'll serve as a critical technical liaison to Stripe's Partner Development Managers, creating comprehensive technical business plans that identify, incubate, and bring to market service and solution offerings built on or with Stripe. A Partner Solutions Architect at Stripe is intellectually curious, entrepreneurial, and energized by building deep technical trust with partners.

Partner Solutions Architects build highly consultative, trusted relationships with executives and technical decision-makers to provide business and technical thought leadership. You'll become a trusted advisor for solving mission-critical business challenges, architecting solutions that help partners drive new monetization opportunities and growth.

Work with key partners to build out their Stripe capabilities and solutions to drive scalable growth

Develop and execute technical enablement plans tailored to partner maturity and product focus

Lead technical discussions and solution deep-dives with partners on the value Stripe can provide to their clients

Engage with CTOs and engineering leaders at key partners to share Stripe's technology roadmap, showcase the latest innovations, and define a solution strategy that expands partnership revenue

Provide oversight, guidance, and assistance during the partner sales process to ensure mutual success in joint opportunities

Educate Stripe's sales team on key partner solutions and capabilities

Serve as an advocate for strategic partners within Stripe's sales regions and identify areas for sales collaboration

Collaborate on technical content—sample code, demos, and reference architectures—to help partners implement specific use cases and best practices

Provide partner-focused product feedback to Stripe's product and engineering teams

4+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role—such as Solutions Architect, Solutions Engineer, or Technical Account Manager—at a global software company

• Experience building joint go-to-market solutions and co-selling with go-to-market partners
• Strong group-facilitation skills and proven ability to lead strategic technical conversations with senior stakeholders
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and API architecture
• Ability to ramp quickly on Stripe products including Payments, Billing, Connect, and more
• Familiarity with how enterprise technology ecosystems fit together—including ERP, CRM, Billing, Tax, and legacy systems—and how they interact with API-first platforms