Backend Engineer, AI Security

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Responsibilities

• ▹Build security frameworks integrated with Stripe's core AI infrastructure
• ▹Design and implement defenses against AI-specific threats like prompt injection and jailbreaks
• ▹Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure AI infrastructure and products are built securely
• ▹Support other engineering teams in integrating security primitives
• ▹Uphold high engineering standards and improve the codebase and processes
• ▹Design and build systems that help define the state of the art for AI security

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of software development experience
• ▹Experience independently designing and developing medium-to-large projects
• ▹Experience working collaboratively across multiple engineering teams
• ▹Experience writing high-quality code in a major programming language
• ▹Ability to drive clear next steps when working in an ambiguous environment
• ▹Ability to think creatively and reason clearly in a complex problem domain

Nice to have

• ▹Experience developing, deploying and maintaining reliable infrastructure systems
• ▹Experience in security engineering
• ▹Experience building AI agents or LLM-based systems

Soft skills

About the company

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform used by millions of companies to accept payments, grow revenue and access new business opportunities, with a mission to increase the GDP of the internet.