Technical Connectivity Specialist

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 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 payment 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. What you'll do Responsibilities Own complex connectivity investigations end-to-end across merchant networks, Wi-Fi, LAN, LTE/5G, ISPs, routers, firewalls, VPNs, Stripe Terminal hardware, SDKs, cloud-based device management and third-party connectivity partners, leading technical troubleshooting until the true root cause is identified and a sustainable resolution is delivered [... source excerpt omitted ...] ndependently and continuously improve support effectiveness. Act as Stripe's connectivity expert for the largest and most complex Terminal users, working directly with enterprise customers, SaaS platforms, IT teams and external partners to troubleshoot complex connectivity and hardware issues, provide technical guidance and build user confidence across email, chat and live support engagements. Be the voice of the user and drive the continuous improvement of Stripe Terminal's connectivity capability by identifying recurring user pain points and systemic issues through support trends, diagnostics and field insights. Translate these learnings into product improvements, engineering [... source excerpt omitted ...] nhancements, support tooling, documentation and scalable operational solutions that improve reliability and technical excellence as Terminal scales globally. Who you are Minimum requirements A deep networking expert with 5+ years of experience troubleshooting complex connectivity issues across enterprise environments, with strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, routing, switching, Wi-Fi (802.11), LTE/5G, firewalls, MDM, and network diagnostic tools such as Wireshark, packet captures, traceroute and nmap. An exceptional technical investigator who can troubleshoot across the full technology stack, from network and infrastructure to devices, operating systems, firmware an