Software Engineer, Stripe

• 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

Desirable

• 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
• In this role you'll 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

• The application window will remain open for 100 days after the Job Post is published. However, this opportunity will remain open based on the needs of the business, which may cause the application window to close before or after the 100-day mark