Frontend Engineer, Data Product Experiences
Summary
Frontend engineer on Stripe's Data Product Experiences team building high-performance, interactive data-visualization dashboards and charting components for the Stripe Dashboard. Day-to-day work centers on React, TypeScript, and rendering engines/libraries like D3.js, Canvas, and WebGL for large-scale, real-time merchant analytics.
Who we are
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 Data Product Experiences (DPE) team is dedicated to making Stripe's merchant-facing data products intuitive, delightful, and actionable. We build client-side rendering engines, high-performance charting libraries, and interactive visualization interfaces that handle high-throughput streaming telemetry and real-time merchant analytics.
What you’ll do
In this role, you will architect and build high-performance client-side data rendering engines from scratch to visualize tens of thousands of data points smoothly. You will collaborate closely with Designers, Product Managers, and Front-End Systems Engineers to define cutting-edge data visualization paradigms that reduce cognitive load and prevent visual fatigue for Stripe's users.
Responsibilities
- Partner with designers and product managers to prototype, build, and ship interactive analytics dashboards and data visualization tools across the Stripe Dashboard.
- Contribute to Stripe’s core design system by developing scalable, reusable visualization components and charting standards for engineering teams.
- Design frontend integration strategies and robust API contracts to enable seamless adoption of analytics components by partner teams.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship through code reviews, pairing, and fostering frontend engineering best practices.
- Collaborate across Product, Design, Data Infrastructure, and Analytics teams to deliver high-quality, data-driven user experiences.
- Optimize rendering performance and state management for web applications handling large datasets, real-time telemetry, and high-density visual components.
Who you are
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
- 2+ years of relevant web front-end development or creative technology experience in a tech-forward, product-driven company.
- Advanced experience with React, modern TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5, CSS/Sass, and modern web application architecture.
- Demonstrated experience building interactive web charts and visualizations using tools and libraries such as D3.js, Recharts, SVG, Canvas, or WebGL, with a focus on data density and visual-perceptual hierarchy.
- Proven track record of writing clear, elegant, well-tested code in a collaborative team environment.
- Deep experience designing and developing web applications that function seamlessly across modern browsers, screen dimensions, and devices.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively alongside technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
Preferred qualifications
- Passion for crafting beautiful data experiences on the web, demonstrated through a design portfolio or frontend codebase showcasing interactive dashboards, custom charting engines, creative tools, or design systems.
- Exemplary understanding of formal design principles including typography, layout, color theory, data density balance, and visual proportion beyond basic web UI.
- Experience building sophisticated interactive tools encompassing complex client-side state management, caching, and real-time data fetching strategies.
- Advanced proficiency with React, with an emphasis on fluid interactions, subtle animations, visual refinement, and web rendering performance.
- Experience with accessibility (a11y) standards for interactive charts and graphs, A/B testing frameworks, synthetic monitoring, and performance profiling tools.
Skills
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