Fraud Architect: Proactive Risk & Prevention Lead

Stripe, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Fraud Architect to lead risk prevention for high-impact customers as a trusted technical partner embedded with strategic accounts.

You will own a proactive prevention plan, tailor Radar configurations, and translate complex evidence into practical rules and actions. In this role, you will collaborate with Radar Product, Engineering, and Fraud Data Science to improve protections, balance fraud reduction with legitimate payments, and drive durable, scalable defenses

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a technical role with substantial direct user engagement.
• Hands-on fraud investigation experience and translating findings into effective controls.

Responsibilities

• Own prevention strategy for assigned accounts and maintain risk baseline.
• Investigate scoring, classification, and signal coverage; translate into actionable steps.

Skills

SQL

Python

Fraud analysis

Threat modeling

API integrations

Communication

Data science basics

Stakeholder management

Fraud systems

Rule tuning

Tools

Radar platform

Data visualization tools

Job description

Stripe, Inc. is seeking a Fraud Architect to lead risk prevention for high-impact customers as a trusted technical partner embedded with strategic accounts.

You will own a proactive prevention plan, tailor Radar configurations, and translate complex evidence into practical rules and actions. In this role, you will collaborate with Radar Product, Engineering, and Fraud Data Science to improve protections, balance fraud reduction with legitimate payments, and drive durable, scalable defenses