Specialist Solutions Architect, Payments

Stripe · London, Dublin · 1154 Specialized Solutions Architecture · listed August 20, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Principal
Experience asked
7+ years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
8
Length
737 words

In the posting’s own words

Specialist 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 a deep understanding of customer challenges. We align with specialist product sellers on deals, 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.

What it asks for · 8

  • 7+ years of experience in payments, fintech, or a closely related industry in a pre-sales, solutions architecture, or technical consulting role
  • Strong working knowledge of global payment methods including cards, wallets, bank-based methods, and BNPLs - including regional preferences and regulatory context
  • Experience designing payment optimization architectures for large enterprises, including multi-PSP environments and orchestration layers
  • Knowledge of authorization rate improvement levers: local acquiring, network tokenization, 3DS, smart retries, and the technical and commercial tradeoffs between them
  • Strong knowledge of software engineering and API integration patterns
  • Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, comfortable explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • 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

Also a plus

  • Experience integrating Stripe or other RESTful payment APIs into web applications
  • Knowledge of ISO payment standards and card network rules
  • Experience with payment cost modeling, interchange optimization, or processor benchmarking
  • Familiarity with marketplace and platform payment flows (Connect, multi-party transactions)
  • Experience as a subject matter expert in a relevant industry, vertical, or product

What the job covers

  • Act as a subject matter expert on Stripe's Optimized Checkout Suite, Adaptive Pricing, Managed Payments, Orchestration, and BNPL integrations to accelerate opportunities globally
  • Demonstrate a deep understanding of global payment optimization - including local acquiring, intelligent routing, dynamic currency conversion, and authorization improvement strategies
  • Develop expertise in designing multi-PSP and payment orchestration architectures, including how Stripe integrates alongside or replaces incumbent processors
  • Advise customers on BNPL strategy, including product selection, regulatory considerations, and integration patterns across checkout and billing flows
  • Define, share, and learn best practices and reusable assets with the broader GTM organization to enhance the quality and efficiency of the team
  • Create reference architectures that help customers design end-to-end payment infrastructure with Stripe at the core
  • Partner closely with the Payments product sales team on Stripe's most complex OCS and Orchestration opportunities, leading solution strategy and owning key customer relationships
  • Serve as a "Voice of the Customer" internally to drive product and feature request prioritization
  • Identify and summarize trends in payment orchestration, cost optimization, and alternative payment methods, and provide actionable insights to product stakeholders and sales
  • Act as an escalation point to drive complex technical issues to resolution with Stripe's engineering team
  • Stay current on competitive analysis and market differentiation
  • Support marketing events including executive briefings, conferences, user groups, and trade shows

Tools and skills named

Go to market
  • Go-to-market2×
  • Pipeline generation
  • Solutions architecture
Security & compliance
  • Regulatory2×
Frameworks
  • REST
Product & design
  • Roadmap
Ways of working
  • Mentorship

Words the posting leans on

  • payment18×
  • customer9×
  • product9×
  • orchestration6×
  • solution6×
  • complex5×
  • experience5×
  • knowledge5×
  • optimization5×
  • architectures4×
  • engineering4×
  • integration4×
  • requirements4×
  • sales4×
  • technical4×
  • authorization3×

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