OverviewIn this role, you design and prototype technical defenses to protect Stripe's payments ecosystem from sophisticated abuse.
You'll work within ACE to translate threat intelligence into concrete controls, and you'll run experiments to balance security with user conversion.
You'll manage controls through an incubation lifecycle and collaborate with product engineering to transfer mature defenses.
This is a high-impact, cross-functional role at the intersection of security and product velocity, with a strong emphasis on empirical, data-driven decision making.
ResponsabilidadesRapid control prototyping across API, protocol, and product boundaries to counter high-impact abuse vectors
Translate attacker evidence and FT3 threat research into precise technical requirements and control specifications
Co-design resilient controls with Stripe teams across payments, onboarding, identity, and Connect surfaces
Conduct risk experimentation and A/B testing to measure security impact and user conversion
Build regression test suites and automated attack simulations to prevent recurring threats
Define handoff criteria,



documentation, timelines, and transfer plans to product teams for mature controls
Requisitos principales10+ years of experience in security engineering, software engineering, or anti-abuse in a high-scale environment
Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, cybersecurity, software engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or a similar language; advanced SQL for telemetry analysis
Experience building API-level safeguards, rate-limiting, authentication/authorization checks, or input validation
Experience with automated testing frameworks and writing unit/integration/regression tests
Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
Strong collaboration across security, product, and platform teams
Effective stakeholder management
Clear technical storytelling and documentation
Python, Go, Java (or similar production language)
Advanced SQL
API safeguards and rate-limiting frameworks

📌 Staff Security Engineer, Abuse Control (España)
🏢 Stripe
📍 España