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 recruiting team seeks to build the culture of Stripe by aligning the strongest global talent to our highest impact business needs. They focus on bringing Stripe’s operating principles to life in their recruiting processes, providing the highest-quality candidate experience, and leveraging data driven storytelling to influence the business.
What you’ll do
To further this important mission, we are looking for a driven and collaborative Design Recruiter to grow and scale our global design organization. You can expect high impact and wide-ranging responsibility: owning full-cycle recruiting on niche design searches, contributing to our geo strategy with talent market insights, and delivering best-in-class candidate experience. This person must be a builder who thrives in a learning environment—unafraid to try new things, embrace new ideas, navigate ambiguity, and welcome suggestions for how we can iterate on our processes.
Partner with senior leaders across the design organization to understand hiring objectives and develop recruiting strategies to identify top talent across various skillsets including product design, brand design, content design, design engineering, web presence design, UX research, and more.
Help initiate creative and scalable changes to our existing recruiting processes
Track and analyze metrics and report on hiring progress to design leadership on a regular cadence
Focus on creating strategic plans to attract and engage design talent across different geos
Work closely with cross-functional teams like Finance, People Ops, Benefits, Onboarding and Legal to deliver a high-quality and holistic candidate experience
7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience with 4+ years of Design Recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, including in house experience
Experience building high performing, high craft design teams and delivering an exceptional candidate experience
A growth mindset and truly flexible. You can shift tasks and priorities when circumstances change (at a fast-growing startup, they often do)
An active and data driven approach to problem solving; you enjoy making sense of the trends and using the insights to better your process to make it more efficient
Proven abilities to attract passive senior candidates and build a diverse pipelines across different hiring locations
Strong operational rigor with the ability to stay organized amidst change
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an appropriate blend of professionalism and friendliness
Neutral 2–4 sentence summary of what working at this company is like, drawn from public reviews and press coverage. Tone, collaboration style, pace, benefits highlights.
£45,000 – £60,000 (Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, 2025)
Stripe's culture is characterized by high standards, urgency, and a fast-paced environment, with a strong emphasis on user focus and meticulous craft. The company fosters deep, multifunctional collaboration and a writing-first approach to knowledge sharing. While employees generally appreciate the leadership and team quality, some reviews indicate challenges related to work-life balance due to the demanding nature of the work.
Perks
Salary range: £84,400 – £126,600 (Stripe Official Job Posting, May 2026)
