Lead Security Engineer, Bridge
Lead Security Engineer, Bridge
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Job Description
Who we are
About Bridge
Bridge is Stripes fintech innovation hub focused on building a modern stablecoin-powered cross-border payments network. We operate like a startup within Stripe: fast-paced entrepreneurial and product-obsessed but with the backing of one of the most trusted names in fintech.
About the team
Were hiring our Lead Security Engineer to build and scale Bridges 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.
What youll do
- Design own and implement Bridges security roadmap from first principles to production.
- Identify and tackle Bridges most important security risks quickly and pragmatically.
- Integrate with Stripes infrastructure where it makes sense and find custom solutions where it doesnt.
- Lead threat modeling and hardening efforts for Bridges money movement systems in collaboration with crypto and infra teams.
- Build key security capabilities (monitoring secrets management incident response access controls CI/CD hardening etc).
- 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 Stripes security org to move fast without compromising safety.
Minimum requirements
- Have 8 years of experience in Security engineering ideally with time spent in fast-paced startup environments where youve built security practices from the ground up.
- Have a startup mindset: youre scrappy pragmatic and move quickly to solve the most critical problems.
- Are comfortable writing and debugging backend application code (Ruby is a plus but not required).
- Thrive in ambiguity and know how to ruthlessly prioritize.
- Can balance security rigor with speed especially in fast-moving environments.
- Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical partners.
- Have experience building or scaling security programs either at a startup or in an embedded role.
- Are excited about the potential of crypto and stablecoins to power global financial infrastructure (you dont need deep prior knowledgejust curiosity and openness to learn).
Employment Type
Full Time
