Solutions Architect, Platforms, UK
The posting
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 Solutions Architecture Team partners with our users to realize their full potential through the adoption of prescriptive solutions that drive their growth and success. We influence revenue growth across Stripe’s product portfolio, and collaborate with sales, support, product management, and Stripe’s executive team to provide the best experience to our most valued customers.
What you’ll do
As a member of the team, the Solutions Architect will build highly consultative, trusted relationships with C-level executives and technical decision-makers in the customer’s organization to provide business and technical thought leadership, and become a trusted advisor in solving mission-critical business challenges. You will architect business models with them so they can drive new monetization opportunities and growth for both the user and Stripe.
Responsibilities
- Be a key member of the Platform account team with deep involvement in defining the customer strategy; identify and close new complex opportunities, and accelerate solution adoption.
- Understand and align with the customer’s product and business roadmap and uncover opportunities for Stripe to accelerate their progress on that roadmap.
- Drive thought leadership and be a trusted advisor for key business and technical stakeholders including CIO, CTO, COO, CRO, CDO, Head of Product Engineering and Head of Payments.
- Work to deeply understand the customer’s business objectives, and then design and apply Stripe’s solutions to their challenges.
- Conduct business analysis and background research on customers, industries, and competitors with a view to support growth for the user's business.
- Expand Stripe’s footprint within existing accounts to new global markets and business units by introducing new capabilities and local payment methods.
- Approximately 25% travel is anticipated to help you connect in-person in a meaningful way with users and collaborate internally.
Who you are
You have achieved an experienced position as an enterprise architect, senior solution architect or principal solution engineer and have a successful track record advising enterprise-grade digital-native, SaaS, Platform or Marketplace companies, focused on identifying business priorities, formulating technology strategies and designing an end-to-end business solution. You possess deep technical acumen, high interpersonal and leadership skills, and have demonstrated the ability to become a trusted advisor to senior executives and facilitate customer success along the entire customer journey. Strategic and creative thinker who can proactively identify challenges, take ownership, and maintain a positive approach when facing difficult obstacles.
We'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 requirements
- 7+ years of experience in a similar customer-facing engineering role such as solution consultant, solutions architect, sales engineer, for a global software enterprise.
- Experience in the payments, billing, invoicing, issuing, banking or Fintech space.
- Executive engagement skills and presence, with an ability to establish strong relationships with key decision makers and build credibility at all levels.
- Effective group-facilitation skills and confidence in proposing and leading customer meetings to gain strategic footing and pursue opportunities.
- Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and API architectures.
- A background in writing code in any of Stripe’s primary deployment languages (Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, etc.) is a plus.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills in English.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience in consulting.
- Experience at a growth-stage internet or software company.
Taken from Stripe's own posting, last seen live on 30 Oct 2026.
The application
Your details, then 10 questions.
- 1.Who is your current or previous employer?Short answer
- 2.What is your current or previous job title?Short answer
- 3.Please select the country where you currently reside.Pick one (31 options)
- 4.Please select the country or countries you anticipate working in for the role in which you are applying.Pick any (30 options)
- 5.Are you authorized to work in the location(s) you selected in your previous response?Yes or no
- 6.Will you require Stripe to sponsor you for a work permit now or in the future for the location(s) you selected in in your previous response?Yes or no
- 7.If this role offers the option to work from a remote location, do you plan to work remotely?Yes or no
- 8.Have you ever been employed by Stripe or a Stripe affiliate?Yes or no
- 9.Do you opt-in to receive WhatsApp messages from Stripe Recruiting?Yes or no
- 10.To ensure we can focus fully on our conversation, we use BrightHire to record and transcribe interviews. This helps us get to know you better without the distraction of note-taking. We also use BrightHire to help us analyze interview notesYes or no
From Stripe's apply page, checked 30 Oct 2026.
About Stripe
Payments, billing and money-movement software sold to startups, platforms and global enterprises.
Pay schedule: Salaried Stripe employee on an OTE plan that mixes base pay with sales commission or a sales bonus; listings name equity among the possible extras.
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