Abuse Research Engineering Manager

Stripe; United States; Hybrid; USD 203,000 - 304,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Equity

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Wellness stipends

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a leader for the Abuse Research Group to set the research agenda, oversee threat intelligence, fraud investigations, and detection engineering, and scale the ARG through hiring and mentorship.

You will partner with Risk, Trust & Safety, Fraud Platform, and Security Engineering to translate research findings into production protections, drive proactive defenses, and coordinate with law enforcement when needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading security engineering or research teams, with a track record of managing technical ICs doing investigative, intelligence, or detection work.
• B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience in Security
• Experience recruiting, growing, and leading technical teams, including performance management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop and deliver operational or incident-related information to leadership
• Familiarity with fraud and abuse patterns specific to payments and fintech
• Hands-on experience with threat intelligence tradecraft: OSINT, dark web collection, actor attribution, and working with structured intelligence frameworks (ATT&CK, STIX/TAXII, or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and retain a team of threat intelligence analysts, fraud researchers, and detection engineers who thrive at the intersection of adversarial research and engineering
• Set and execute the research agenda across threat actor tracking, fraud investigation, merchant ecosystem defense, and automated detection engineering
• Provide technical depth and analytical judgment on complex investigations, including API key takeovers, account compromise campaigns, and KYC bypass techniques
• Operationalize research findings into production-level detection rules, automated response mechanisms, and cross-functional escalations
• Collaborate with Risk, Trust & Safety, Fraud Platform, and Security Engineering to translate abuse research into proactive platform protections
• Coordinate with external stakeholders, including law enforcement, to disrupt and attribute high‑impact threat actors
• Coach and mentor individual contributors to support their career development while maintaining high technical standards

Skills

Threat intelligence leadership

Fraud research

Detection engineering

Incident response coordination

Technical advisory

Education

B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field

Tools

ATT&CK

STIX/TAXII

OSINT

Job description

Stripe is seeking a leader for the Abuse Research Group to set the research agenda, oversee threat intelligence, fraud investigations, and detection engineering, and scale the ARG through hiring and mentorship.

You will partner with Risk, Trust & Safety, Fraud Platform, and Security Engineering to translate research findings into production protections, drive proactive defenses, and coordinate with law enforcement when needed.