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StripeStripeNew York, NY

Backend Engineer, AI Security

Builds security frameworks and defenses against AI threats like prompt injection and jailbreaks, integrated with core AI infrastructure. Collaborates across teams; requires 5+ years software experience, ideally in security and AI systems.

157k – 286k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOESecurity Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

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

Minimum 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

Preferred Qualifications

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

Compensation

  • Annual US base salary range: $156,800 - $285,600
  • Additional benefits: equity, company bonus, 401(k) plan, medical/dental/vision benefits, wellness stipends

Skills

PythonGoJavaRustKubernetesDockerAWSGCPLLMsPrompt Engineering
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