Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, seeking a Security Engineer New Grad to join their team. This role involves applying software engineering principles to security challenges, contributing to internal tools, and participating in threat modeling discussions.
Responsibilities
- Work on cross-functional projects, directly collaborating with other engineers
- Give meaningful feedback on code reviews and technical designs
- Contribute to our overall security posture by continuously improving security processes, tooling, and defenses
- Develop a deep understanding of Stripe’s security primitives, frameworks, and invariants
- Provide actionable insights to help identify, prevent, detect, and respond to anomalous or potentially malicious activity
Skills
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Computer Science or related field (graduating by Summer 2026)
- Some experience and familiarity with programming, either through side projects or classwork. We work mostly in Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Scala, and Go. We believe new programming languages can be learned if the fundamentals and general knowledge are present
- Experience from either previous internships or working collaboratively on multi-person coding projects (in a university or professional setting)
- Ability to learn unfamiliar systems and form an understanding of those systems, through independent research and working with a mentor and subject matter experts
- Aptitude to think like an attacker and reason through different approaches to reducing security risk
- Experience in code review practices, and an understanding of how to safely update production systems
- Familiarity with navigating and managing work in large code bases
- Prior experience or course work in cyber security, digital forensics, or incident response (e.g., through log analysis or capture-the-flag events)
- Familiarity with foundational security concepts such as the OWASP Top 10 web application vulnerabilities
- Basic knowledge of SQL or experience analyzing medium to large data sets
- Exposure to cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- An adversarial mindset, understanding the goals, behaviors, and TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures) of threat actors
Benefits
- Equity
- Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
- 401(k) plan
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Wellness stipends
Company Overview
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses. It was founded in 2010, and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://stripe.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Stripe has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 272 in 2025, 283 in 2024, 141 in 2023, 379 in 2022, 276 in 2021, 111 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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