Payment infrastructure and merchant services for Brazilian entrepreneurs
Stone is a public payment processor and merchant platform built for Brazilian small and medium business owners. The company is heavily sales-driven—745 active sales roles against 31 engineering positions—and spending significant effort on key account growth and client acquisition, signaling a shift from transactional processing toward relationship-managed, high-touch enterprise coverage. Core infrastructure runs on Go, PostgreSQL, and GCP; mobile-first product development (Android, Kotlin, Swift, React Native) and emerging WhatsApp/Twilio integrations suggest a move into conversational commerce and embedded payments.
Stone provides payment processing, merchant services, and financial infrastructure to entrepreneurs and small business owners across Brazil. Founded in 2012 and publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2018, the company operates across all five regions of Brazil with approximately 15,000 employees. The product suite spans transaction processing (powered by Pagar.me), mobile merchant tools (iOS and Android), operational dashboards (Looker Studio, Power BI), and emerging conversational AI solutions. The hiring mix reflects a sales-first operational model, with 745 active sales roles focused on client acquisition and key account penetration, alongside smaller teams in logistics, engineering, data, and support.
Stone builds on Go, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and GCP. Mobile apps use Kotlin, Swift, and React Native. Observability runs on Datadog and Sentry; analytics use Looker Studio and Power BI; messaging integrates Twilio and WhatsApp.
Stone is headquartered in São Paulo, SP, Brazil, and operates across all five regions of the country with approximately 15,000 employees. It is a publicly traded company listed on the NYSE since 2018.
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