Frontline Fraud & Security Incident Engineer

Fdetimes; Dublin; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Forward Deployed Security Engineer to lead live fraud and abuse incident response, acting as the critical bridge between incidents and merchants to remediate threats and protect accounts. You will investigate high-risk activity, neutralize attacks, and develop runbooks that scale across global teams.

You will leverage your depth in fraud, abuse, and security engineering, work with legal and policy partners, and engage with threat intelligence communities to strengthen

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading security or fraud incident response.
• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Expert Python and SQL; familiarity with other languages.
• Experience with log analysis, network security, forensics, and IR investigations.
• Proven ability to build automated response workflows and leverage threat intelligence.
• Strong written and verbal communication; cross-functional alignment.
• Previous work with law enforcement.
• Engagement in threat intelligence sharing communities.

Responsibilities

• Respond to live fraud and abuse incidents as a Forward Deployed Security Engineer, investigating high-risk activity, neutralizing active attacks, and mitigating security risks across the ecosystem.
• Investigate, mitigate, and remediate urgent fraud incidents (e.g., ATO, card testing), utilizing FT3-mapped detection and signals enrichment to reduce uncertainty and accelerate response.
• As part of incidents, analyze high-risk accounts to identify fraudulent merchants, card testing, account takeovers, and other fraud vectors, classifying them using FT3 to standardize threat intelligence.
• Develop, document, and execute incident response strategies, runbooks, and capabilities to continuously improve fraud and abuse detection and prevention.
• Act as a dedicated technical bridge during and after incidents to work directly with impacted merchants and customers, helping them investigate root causes, remediate vulnerabilities, and secure their accounts.
• Serve as an operational and technical liaison for legal teams, policy partners, and threat intelligence communities.
• Build and nurture strong strategic relationships across external threat intelligence communities, peer working groups, and law enforcement agencies.

Skills

Incident response

Fraud mitigation

Threat intelligence

Python

SQL

Log analysis

Cross-functional communication

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

Trino

PySpark

Pandas

Sci-kit Learn

Job description

Stripe is seeking a Forward Deployed Security Engineer to lead live fraud and abuse incident response, acting as the critical bridge between incidents and merchants to remediate threats and protect accounts. You will investigate high-risk activity, neutralize attacks, and develop runbooks that scale across global teams.

You will leverage your depth in fraud, abuse, and security engineering, work with legal and policy partners, and engage with threat intelligence communities to strengthen