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Join Stripe as a Security Engineer New Grad to secure financial infrastructure and tackle high-stakes security challenges.
Posted by employer 17 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
What you'll build
- Work on cross-functional projects
- Give meaningful feedback on code reviews
- Contribute to security processes and tooling
- Develop understanding of security primitives
- Provide actionable insights on security
Must have
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Computer Science or related field
- Some experience with programming
- Experience from internships or collaborative coding projects
- Ability to learn unfamiliar systems
- Aptitude to think like an attacker
Nice to have
- Experience in code review practices
- Familiarity with large code bases
- Prior experience in cyber security or incident response
- Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Basic knowledge of SQL
- Exposure to cloud computing platforms
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Security Engineer for new graduates at Stripe, the individual will engage in various security disciplines, focusing on securing the company's complex environment through software engineering principles. Key skills include programming in languages like Java, Ruby, and Python, alongside a foundational understanding of security concepts such as threat detection and incident response. This position is ideal for recent graduates with a background in computer science or related fields, particularly those with experience in collaborative coding projects. Stripe's environment supports early-career professionals, emphasizing rigorous security practices and collaborative learning.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 8, 2026. Last confirmed on Stripe's careers page October 8, 2026.
Quick facts
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Scala.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Stripe targets junior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Security Engineer, New Grad role at Stripe.
From the original posting
Who we are:
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
Stripe offers an interesting middle ground between joining a small startup and going to work for a multinational company. We have systems and processes optimized for early-career professionals. You will be in an environment that prizes rigor, discipline, and reliability—from our products, from our ways of working, and from our colleagues. You will learn how the best teams put together extremely reliable systems, and you will be responsible for operating these systems, with adequate backup when things get tough.
The Security organization is dedicated to building and maintaining a secure financial infrastructure platform. By joining this team, you will be on the front lines, engineering solutions that protect the sensitive data and systems underpinning a huge portion of the world's economy. You will contribute to core security functions like threat detection and rapid incident response, building and scaling the platforms that manage vulnerabilities, and proactively performing offensive security assessments to identify weaknesses before they can be exploited. This is a chance to apply software engineering principles and new technologies such as AI to solve complex, high-stakes security challenges, ultimately ensuring that Stripe's mission to increase the GDP of the internet is achieved securely.
What you’ll do
As a Security Engineer New Grad you will have the opportunity to work across various security disciplines and own projects from start to finish. Your work will focus on securing Stripe's complex environment by applying software engineering principles to security challenges.
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
Stripe offers an interesting middle ground between joining a small startup and going to work for a multinational company. We have systems and processes optimized for early-career professionals. You will be in an environment that prizes rigor, discipline, and reliability—from our products, from our ways of working, and from our colleagues. You will learn how the best teams put together extremely reliable systems, and you will be responsible for operating these systems, with adequate backup when things get tough.
The Security organization is dedicated to building and maintaining a secure financial infrastructure platform. By joining this team, you will be on the front lines, engineering solutions that protect the sensitive data and systems underpinning a huge portion of the world's economy. You will contribute to core security functions like threat detection and rapid incident response, building and scaling the platforms that manage vulnerabilities, and proactively performing offensive security assessments to identify weaknesses before they can be exploited. This is a chance to apply software engineering principles and new technologies such as AI to solve complex, high-stakes security challenges, ultimately ensuring that Stripe's mission to increase the GDP of the internet is achieved securely.
What you’ll do
As a Security Engineer New Grad you will have the opportunity to work across various security disciplines and own projects from start to finish. Your work will focus on securing Stripe's complex environment by applying software engineering principles to security challenges.
- You will learn and apply the principles of secure-by-default design by working closely with product and infrastructure engineering teams.
- You'll develop a foundational understanding of various security domains, such as threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, or offensive security.
- You'll learn to act as a security subject matter expert, tailoring answers to both engineers and non-engineers.
- You'll contribute to the development of internal tools and automation to scale security efforts across Stripe.
- You will participate in threat modeling discussions, learning to balance security requirements with product advancement and user experience.
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.
Who you are:
We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
- 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.
Preferred qualifications
- 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.
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