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# Security Engineer

- **Company:** Stripe, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Key Management, Ruby, Secure Coding, Backend, Stripe
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/security-engineer-bridge-stripe-7902883

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in Security engineering.
 * Experience building or scaling security programs at a startup or in an embedded role., * Experience in fast-paced startup environments, building security practices from the ground up.
 * Startup mindset-scrappy, pragmatic, and quick to solve the most critical problems.
 * Comfort writing and debugging backend application code, with Ruby experience preferred.
 * Comfort with ambiguity and ability to ruthlessly prioritize.
 * Ability to balance security rigor with speed, especially in fast-moving environments.
 * Clear communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Interest in the potential of crypto and stablecoins to power global financial infrastructure.

## Description

We're hiring a Security Engineer to build and scale the Bridge security foundation. This is a rare opportunity to design a security program from the ground up, while also leveraging the infrastructure, best practices, and tooling of one of the most mature security organizations in the industry., * 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.


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