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Paystack

Series B

Payments infrastructure for the African economy. Acquired by Stripe in 2020.

At a glance

  • Headcount

    260 people

  • Engineering

    85 engineers

  • Funding

    $200M total · $98M Series B (2022)

  • HQ

    Lagos · Cape Town · Remote

Recent launches

  1. Last week

    Multi-currency payouts for SMEs

  2. Apr 2026

    Compliance Centre v2

  3. Feb 2026

    Subscription billing for creators

Drop one of these into your “why this company” answer — it signals you've been paying attention.

What people say inside

4.4

Pros

  • · Real ownership early — even ICs ship things that move the company.
  • · Calm engineering culture; no on-call hero worship.
  • · Strong mentorship from staff+ folks.

Cons

  • · Compensation lags US-headquartered peers (Stripe handles this differently).
  • · Career ladder for design is still being formalised.

Compiled from Glassdoor + Levels.fyi + recent employee posts.