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Software Engineer - Fraud System Interventions

Stripe · South San Francisco · United States

Salary
$221,187–$285,600 per year
Occupation
Software Engineer

Posted: 10/29/2026 · Last checked: 10/29/2026

Job description

Quoted in full from Stripe's job posting. Gavroche does not edit it.

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe, LLC. 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.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage platforms and solutions to minimize financial and regulatory risk while maintaining excellent user experience. 
  • Diagnose and resolve production issues across various services and throughout the tech stack. 
  • Proactively identify, analyze, and swiftly mitigate emerging risk patterns. 
  • Partner with diverse stakeholders, which include: engineering, product, policy, legal, operations, and data science teams. 
  • Collaborate with other engineers to build modular, composable Fraud control systems. 
  • Interact with the product teams to understand user pain points and requirements to inform roadmap and prioritization.

Who you are

Minimum requirements

Must have a Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus five (5) years of post-bachelors, progressive experience in Software Engineering.

Must also have five (5) years of experience in each of the following:

  • One of the following programming languages: Java, Ruby, Python or Go;
  • Performing data-driven investigations and analysis to inform decision-making using SQL and visualization software;
  • Working with systems agnostic of programming languages;
  • Translating business requirements into tangible software requirements and system designs; and
  • Identifying and resolving production issues that span multiple services and stack layers.

Must also have three (3) years of experience in each of the following:

  • Building platforms and solutions to minimize financial and regulatory risk while maintaining high quality user experience; and
  • Working within the Trust and Safety industry.

Salary: $221,187 - $285,600/yr.

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions / sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

100% Telecommuting permitted.

Multiple Positions Available. 

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. CA63

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