Staff Security Engineer Security Partnerships @ Stripe
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About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses used by millions of companies to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate business opportunities. Their mission is to increase the GDP of the internet while shaping the future of the global economy.
About The Team
The Stripe Security team is dedicated to improving security for Stripe and its users. The Security Partnerships team specifically builds secure-by-design products by reviewing early-stage designs, developing threat models, scaling impact via automation, curating security patterns, providing guidance, training, and championing security initiatives. They are also focused on building AI-driven self-service offerings and strategic solutions in security.
What You’ll Do
As a Staff Security Engineer Security Partnerships, you will:
- Work closely with engineering teams to design secure-by-default solutions.
- Act as a security subject matter expert for both non-engineers and engineers.
- Lead threat modeling discussions balancing security, user experience, and product advancement.
- Empower teams with automation, security guidance, tooling, patterns, and training.
- Drive high-impact, cross-team security initiatives and mentor teammates.
- Develop in-depth understanding of Stripe’s security primitives, frameworks, and invariants.
Who You Are
The role requires a minimum of 8+ years in security with strong communication, empathy, and a collaborative mindset. You should be able to think like an attacker and develop comprehensive threat models while helping teams reduce security risk. Experience in securing cloud applications and a creative, strategic approach to reducing security risk is essential. Preferred qualifications include software engineering, mobile security, multi-cloud experience, container technologies, cryptocurrency, and M&A integration experience.
Work Arrangement
This role is hybrid, available either in-office or remotely (35+ miles from a Stripe office). In-office employees are expected to spend at least 50% of the month at a local office, while remote employees usually work from home with occasional meetings.
Pay and Benefits
The annual US base salary ranges from $203,600 to $305,400, with additional benefits including equity, bonuses, 401(k), and medical, dental, and vision plans.
Key skills/competency
- Security Engineering
- Threat Modeling
- Cloud Security
- Automation
- Risk Reduction
- Mentorship
- Collaboration
- Security Guidance
- Technical Leadership
- AI-driven Solutions
How to Get Hired at Stripe
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Stripe's culture: Understand mission, products, and security values.
- Customize your resume: Highlight security engineering and threat modeling skills.
- Showcase cloud expertise: Detail experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Prepare for technical interviews: Practice threat modeling and security case studies.
- Demonstrate collaboration: Provide examples of cross-team mentorship and initiative.