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StripeStripeNew York, NY

Principal Security Engineer, Privy

Lead and coach a team of Forward Deployed Engineers, owning outcomes, raising execution quality, and translating customer feedback into product impact.

Salary not listed
On-site5+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own team outcomes and business impact for Forward Deployed Engineering
  • Coach and develop engineers across technical depth, customer empathy, and ownership
  • Hold the team accountable to excellence in quality, throughput, and performance
  • Ensure the team is focused on the right problems and highest-leverage opportunities
  • Partner closely with Product, Solutions Engineering, and GTM
  • Stay close to the work—review PRs, help scope technical work, review design docs, and jump in on complex problems
  • Build a strong team culture grounded in trust, rigor, and urgency
  • Strengthen the feedback loop between customer signal and product roadmap

Requirements

  • Strong ownership and a track record of driving outstanding business impact
  • Excellent people management skills and experience growing high-performing engineers
  • Strong technical judgment and the ability to evaluate architecture and tradeoffs
  • A customer-first mindset and comfort translating ambiguous needs into clear technical direction
  • High emotional maturity and strong communication
  • Experience managing in a fast-moving, high-expectation environment

Skills

Engineering ManagementPeople ManagementTechnical LeadershipArchitecture ReviewPr ReviewDesign DocumentationCustomer EmpathyCross-Functional CollaborationTeam BuildingPerformance Coaching
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