Security Engineer, Bridge Platform — Build from Ground Up

Stripe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Security Engineer to design and scale the Bridge security foundation. This role offers the opportunity to build a security program from the ground up, leveraging Stripe's mature security practices and tooling to protect cross-border money movement via stablecoins.

You will lead threat modeling, implement monitoring and access controls, and collaborate with crypto, infra, and product teams to balance security with speed in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Security engineering.
• Experience building or scaling security programs at a startup or in an embedded role.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the Bridge security roadmap from first principles to production.
• Identify and tackle the most important Bridge security risks quickly and pragmatically.
• Integrate with Stripe infrastructure where it makes sense, and find custom solutions where it doesn't.
• Lead threat modeling and hardening efforts for the Bridge money movement systems in collaboration with crypto and infra teams.
• Build key security capabilities, including monitoring, secrets management, incident response, access controls, and CI/CD hardening.
• Reinforce engineering best practices around secure development and infrastructure.
• Ensure Bridge meets compliance and audit expectations as we scale to more regulated markets.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and the Stripe security organization to move fast without compromising safety.

Skills

Security engineering

Startup experience

Ruby

Prioritization

Communication

Job description

Stripe is seeking a Security Engineer to design and scale the Bridge security foundation. This role offers the opportunity to build a security program from the ground up, leveraging Stripe's mature security practices and tooling to protect cross-border money movement via stablecoins.

You will lead threat modeling, implement monitoring and access controls, and collaborate with crypto, infra, and product teams to balance security with speed in a fast-moving startup environment.