Solutions Architect, Platforms, UK

LOCATION · United Kingdom Locations · 7+ years experience · Posted Sep 29, 2026

At a glance

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.

The Solutions Architect, Platforms will build consultative, trusted relationships with C-level executives and technical decision-makers to provide business and technical thought leadership.
You will architect business models with customers to drive new monetization opportunities and growth for both the user and Stripe.

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.

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.
Superior verbal and written communication skills in English.

A background in writing code in any of Stripe’s primary deployment languages (Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, etc.) is a plus.
Prior experience in consulting.
Experience at a growth-stage internet or software company.

Approximately 25% travel is anticipated to help you connect in-person in a meaningful way with users and collaborate internally.