The Backend Engineer for AI Security at Stripe will be the first engineer on a new team focused on building security infrastructure for AI applications. This role involves partnering with teams to ensure secure AI infrastructure and developing security tooling to protect against AI-specific threats. The team operates in a fast-paced environment where adaptability and collaboration are essential. The engineer will play a foundational role in defining the state of the art for AI security.

• 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

• 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 our 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