Security Engineer - Bridge Platform (Crypto Payments)

Stripe; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Security Engineer to design and scale the Bridge security foundation. This role offers a rare opportunity to craft a security program from the ground up, leveraging Stripe’s mature security practices and infrastructure.

You will lead threat modeling, implement critical controls, and collaborate across crypto, infra, and product teams to move fast while maintaining safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Security engineering.
• Experience building or scaling security programs at a startup or in an embedded role.
• Comfort writing and debugging backend application code, with Ruby experience preferred.
• Startup mindset—scrappy, pragmatic, and quick to solve the most critical problems.
• Clear communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Interest in the potential of crypto and stablecoins to power global financial infrastructure.

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

Startups

Ruby

Communication

Job description

Stripe is seeking a Security Engineer to design and scale the Bridge security foundation. This role offers a rare opportunity to craft a security program from the ground up, leveraging Stripe’s mature security practices and infrastructure.

You will lead threat modeling, implement critical controls, and collaborate across crypto, infra, and product teams to move fast while maintaining safety and compliance.