Specialist Solutions Architect, Terminal

Who We AreAbout StripeStripe 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 TeamSpecialist Solutions Architects (SSA) are domain experts aligned to specific Stripe solutions and customer buying centers.

We have in-depth knowledge of specific solution offerings and understanding of customer's challenges.

We advise the broader pre-sales team on complex opportunities, support pipeline development and revenue attainment, serve as an advisor on go-to-market sales plays, and provide critical insights to our product and engineering teams.

Stripe Terminal helps our users extend their online presence to the physical world.

The Terminal team's mission is to make it as easy for businesses to accept in-person payments as the Stripe API has done for online payments.

With Terminal, businesses can unlock in-person payments use cases that are right for their business model—whether it's creating a superb retail experience, extending their website to a pop-up store, or enabling a mobile point-of-sale at their next event.

What You'll DoYou will collaborate closely with sales and pre-sales teams to drive pipeline and revenue targets, while also educating the product and engineering teams on market trends and strongly influencing the product roadmap.

You will develop deep relationships with senior customer business leaders and grow Stripe's solution offerings with new and existing customers.

As subject matter experts, you will scale the broader organization by creating reusable assets and coaching others on complex high-value opportunities.

You will also run customer workshops and take lead on key opportunities.

You will serve as the domain and product expert to our users and GTM team for Stripe Terminal globally.

ResponsibilitiesAct as a Subject Matter Expert on Stripe's Terminal product to accelerate opportunities globally (AMER and EMEA primarily)

Demonstrate a deep understanding and point of view on trends in omnichannel payments, and advocate for how Stripe can help our users build differentiated experiences that bridge online and in-person payments

Develop expertise with the functional and regulatory requirements for card reader hardware and the life cycle of device deployment, installation and configuration.Understand the ecosystem of integrations (e.g., Point of Sale) Stripe must support for our users to be successful

Define, share, and learn best practices and re-usable assets with the broader GTM organization to enhance the quality and efficiency of the team

Create reference architectures to uplevel the team and refine reference solutions based on product enhancements and feedback from customers

Partner closely with the Terminal product sales team and be an active part of the opportunity team for Stripe's largest and most complex Terminal customers to lead strategy and own key customer relationships

Partner closely with the Terminal product team to get early exposure to the new products and features

Serve as a "Voice of the Customer" internally to drive product and feature request prioritization

Identify and summarize product, industry, and implementation trends, and provide actionable insights to product stakeholders and sales to influence Stripe's Terminal product roadmap

Act as an escalation point to drive our most complex technical issues to resolution with Stripe's engineering team

Support the customers and Stripes on account or deal strategy, and answer product feature and technical questions

Deeply understand the sales process for the product and provide the Sales team with tools and training to qualify potential leads

Stay current on competitive analysis and market differentiation

Support marketing events including executive briefings, conferences, user groups, and trade shows.

Who you areWe're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role.

If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply.

The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Requirements7+ years of technical consulting experience involving the customization, development, and integration of software and hardware modules that are customized to meet business requirements for in-person payment acceptance

Working knowledge of payment terminals and other card acceptance hardware

Demonstrated knowledge of brick n mortar financial architecture setup

Strong knowledge of hardware and software modules for accepting in person payments

Strong knowledge of software engineering and architecture patterns, with the ability to understand how a wide variety of technologies and systems interact with each other

Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, comfortable explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Interest in solving open ended business problems with a combination of technology and creative thinking

A passion for learning and researching current and emerging products to develop innovative solutions

A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners.

Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment

Preferred QualificationsExperience integrating Stripe or other RESTful APIs into web applications

Experience enabling and scaling a GTM team

Experience with online and in-person payments

Experience as a subject matter expert in a relevant industry, vertical or product

Office-assigned Stripes spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users.

This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for individuals and their teams.

The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is €110,400 - €165,600.

This range may change if you are hired in another location.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions / sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate's experience, qualifications, and specific location.

Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the primary location may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Specific benefits and details about what compensation is included in the salary range listed above will vary depending on the applicant's location and can be discussed in more detail during the interview process.

Benefits / additional compensation for this role may include : equity, company bonus or sales commissions / bonuses; retirement plans; health benefits; and wellness stipends.

Office locations

Dublin HQ, or London

Team

Solutions Architect

Job type

Full time

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