Software Engineer, Security Accelerate
Stripe
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
Security Accelerate helps Stripe engineering teams build secure software. We build tools and processes that leverage AI, in-house tools, and off-the shelf solutions to seamlessly weave security into products for our users while maintaining Stripe's fast product velocity. Our intelligent systems understand context and provide nuanced recommendations that align with security best practices. We meet developers where they work—in their IDEs, during code reviews, while writing documentation, and throughout the design process.
Our broader goal is to help teams execute Stripe's strategy with an acceptable level of security risk. Through close collaboration with product, infrastructure, and acquisition teams, we prioritize finding simple solutions to real security problems, offering paved paths or defining new ones as appropriate.
What you’ll do
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain comprehensive tools for security analysis and guidance, from the user interface through to data models, APIs, and AI agents.
- Keep systems running by debugging issues across of the stack
- Build collaborative feedback loops with security and developer teams to make secure development at Stripe more efficient, always driving friction lower and maximizing productivity.
- Uphold high standards for code quality and a constructive attitude to help others raise the bar
- Actively seek feedback from engineering teams and advocate for them throughout the product development process
- Have empathy, strong communication skills and a deep respect for the power of collaboration
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. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
- 5+ years software engineering experience in a high-stakes environment
- Are comfortable working across the stack, and have strong full-stack experience building modern web applications and data backends; we work mostly with JavaScript (React), Ruby,
- Python, Go, and Mongo. We are flexible about our technology stack, and we often experiment with new technologies and new ways of working, especially with AI.
- Curious to learn and experiment with industry-leading security and privacy engineering practices
- Seek out opportunities for impact and can execute in a complex environment
- Take pride in shepherding projects from ideation through to completion, where completion often involves partnering with engineering teams to carefully roll out changes that affect their workflows
- Experience creating projects from scratch, taking ownership, and driving work to completion
Preferred qualifications
- Experience using modern AI tools in software development or building AI-driven development workflows
- Previous experience with security software engineering
This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).
The annual US base salary range for this role is $170,400 - $255,700. 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
South San Francisco HQ, or Seattle
Remote locations
Remote in United States, or Canada
Team
Security
Job type
Full time