Security Engineer, Bridge

Stripe

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
New York, NYSan Francisco, CA
Salary
$196,900–$295,300 / yr
Posted
85 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $177k
This role $246k
$110k most similar roles pay here $315k

This role pays more than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $150,300–$203,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $246k versus about $177k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for internet businesses, providing payment processing, billing, fraud prevention, and banking-as-a-service APIs to businesses of all sizes globally. Industry: Payments Infrastructure & Financial Technology

Stripe currently has 173 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,400–$285,600 across 171 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Security Engineer, Bridge

As a Security Engineer, Bridge, you will join the Bridge team to build and scale the security foundation for a new payments platform utilizing stablecoins to simplify global money movement. You will design and implement the security roadmap from first principles, identifying and tackling critical risks while integrating with existing infrastructure where appropriate. Your daily responsibilities include leading threat modeling and hardening efforts for money movement systems, building capabilities like monitoring, secrets management, incident response, access controls, and CI/CD hardening. You will also reinforce secure development practices and ensure compliance as the platform scales into regulated markets. The role requires expertise in security engineering, a startup mindset, and the ability to write and debug backend application code, with Ruby experience preferred. You will solve complex problems regarding stablecoin payment rails and cross-border fund transfers.

What does a Security Engineer earn in California?

Median $196000 from 31 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement the Bridge security roadmap from first principles to production.
  • Identify and mitigate critical security risks for the Bridge platform quickly and pragmatically.
  • Lead threat modeling and hardening efforts for money movement systems with crypto and infra teams.
  • Build core security capabilities including monitoring, secrets management, incident response, and access controls.
  • Harden CI/CD pipelines and reinforce engineering best practices for secure development and infrastructure.
  • Ensure the platform meets compliance and audit requirements as it scales into regulated markets.
  • Integrate Bridge systems with Stripe infrastructure while developing custom solutions where necessary.

What we're looking for

  • At least 8 years of experience in Security engineering.
  • Experience building or scaling security programs at a startup or in an embedded role.
  • Ability to build security practices from the ground up in fast-paced environments.
  • Proficiency in writing and debugging backend application code, preferably with Ruby experience.
  • Ability to balance security rigor with speed while prioritizing critical problems.
  • Strong communication skills for interacting with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Interest in the potential of crypto and stablecoins for global financial infrastructure.

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