Research jobs in Canada

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.

The UX Research team is part of Stripe’s Design team and works across many types of product initiatives at Stripe to more effectively and efficiently deliver products and experiences that fulfill user needs. And since Stripe’s main audience is other people who build products, we agonize over and take pride in crafting user-friendly and user-focused experiences.

In addition to conducting primary research, we also enable other Stripes (engineers, product managers, designers, operations, etc.) to learn and apply research skills to global problems. You will play a role in shaping how we build research as a core competency across Stripe and define how we put users first when conducting research.

As a UX Researcher, you will be dedicated to the reporting and data teams, collaborating directly with product, engineering, sales, and design teams to dive deep into developer experiences with Stripe’s data tools. This is a full-time role based in Seattle, WA. This would be an excellent opportunity for a qualitative researcher who is interested in driving how Stripe builds products for data audiences.

We’re looking for a UX Researcher to join our growing UX Research team to partner with product teams to build world-class product experiences in a creative environment. You will also collaborate with a diverse group of researchers from many disciplines, skills, backgrounds, and specialties.

• Lead critical research efforts and conduct multi-phase, mixed-method studies that deepen our understanding of the user experience and drive product strategy
• Prioritize research needs and approaches across work streams to work on the right project, scale, and scope at the right time and ensure impact by delivering actionable insights
• Work in a highly collaborative fashion as a partner to business leads, product managers, designers, and engineers to define both the long‑term strategy and the short‑term tactics for our products by grounding these decisions in user needs and insights
• Enable other Stripes to learn and apply research skills by building research programs, platforms, and toolkits that empower them to conduct tactical research
• Partner closely with other researchers to build out Stripe’s research practice and infrastructure
• Disseminate research insights to evolve and enhance Stripe’s understanding of user needs and identify innovative opportunities to meet those needs

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.

• Has 3+ years relevant user research experience working on digital experiences and specialize in generating actionable insights that drive impact
• Has a desire to do hands‑on research and work on an early‑stage team, from planning and recruiting to analysis and insights delivery
• Can conduct research at scale and demonstrate the use of a variety of research methods, which may include qualitative interviews, surveys, ideation sessions, ethnographic field research, usability evaluation, and diary studies
• Can distill research findings into clear, and compelling data‑backed presentations, data visualizations, and/or infographics

• Are primarily a qualitative researcher, with experience in data‑focused, B2B, or enterprise software products
• Can lead, design, execute, and communicate impactful research in a fast‑paced, earlier stage product development process and know how to integrate research into product and design roadmaps
• Have a desire to do hands‑on research from planning and recruiting to analysis and insights delivery
• Tell compelling stories and are skilled in explaining your work, process, and decisions to cross‑functional stakeholders and crave feedback to help you produce your best work.
• Relentlessly focus on users and solving for their needs and wants. You put users first and have experience driving impact from insights
• Can successfully set and achieve priorities that find the perfect balance between benefiting the project, the Research team, and all of Stripe
• Can balance working with urgency and focus with methodological rigor and adapt as needed for the situation
• You’ve built or scaled research platforms, systems, or programs at your workplace

Office‑assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in‑office expectation, and those in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico and Bengaluru, India work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in‑office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in‑person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

The annual US base salary range for this role is $166,400 - $249,600. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

Office locations

Seattle, or Toronto

Team

Design

Job type

Full time

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