Payments and EMV Certification Specialist

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

As a platform company powering businesses all over the world, Stripe processes payments, runs marketplaces, detects fraud, helps entrepreneurs start internet businesses from anywhere in the world, builds world-class developer-friendly APIs, and more. Stripe’s Payments and EMV Certification Specialists ensure payments routed through Stripe with physical credit and debit cards are certified and processed as intended.

Stripe Terminal helps our users extend their online presence to the physical world. The Terminal team’s mission is to make it as easy for businesses to accept in-person payments as the Stripe API has done for online payments. With Terminal, businesses can unlock in-person payments use cases that are right for their business model—whether it’s creating a superb retail experience, extending their website to a pop-up store, or enabling a mobile point-of-sale at their next event. Terminal’s Payments and EMV Specialists help plan and execute certifications to the major credit and debit networks for Stripe and its partners across the globe. Some examples of those debit networks include eftpos in Australia, Girocard in Germany, and Cartes Bancaires in France.

What you’ll do

You will conduct hands-on EMV certification tests for Terminal devices, assist Stripe users and partners with EMV certifications to allow them to on-board devices, work closely with the payments networks to negotiate and clarify specifications, and engage with industry leaders like EMVco on Stripe’s behalf. You’ll also work closely with engineering teams to diagnose and fix EMV tag, host, certification and payments related issues.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on EMV certification tests for Terminal devices.
• Assist Stripe users with EMV certifications to allow them to on-board devices.
• Coordinate with third party vendors and contractors on certification planning and execution.
• Work closely with network partners to negotiate and clarify specifications.
• Participate in industry events and conferences to shape payments industry policy decisions and inform the Stripe and Terminal roadmap.
• Work closely with engineering teams to diagnose and fix EMV certification-related issues.
• Work closely with engineering teams to help increase efficiency and automate processes.

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. 

• 3+ years of experience performing either host certifications or terminal EMV device certifications.
• A good understanding of payments standards and concepts and know how to find and understand the specifications.
• Experience with at least one of the following certification tools: UL/Collis, FIME/Savvi, ICC.
• Experience working alongside software engineers and payment partners.
• Experience working with EMVCo, ISO, or ANSI standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to manage priorities across a large number of teams, clearly communicate status, and remain focused under pressure. 
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or analytical discipline.

Preferred qualifications  

• Comfort with SQL and running queries to gather data.
• Represented companies in payments industry events or partnerships, either on the Technical or Administrative side.
• Track record of pushing the payments industry forward.