Backend Engineer, AI Security · Stripe

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:01:29 GMT
Engineering

Stripe · N/A · $156,800 - $285,600 · remote

Job Title: Backend Engineer, AI Security

We're looking for a skilled Backend Engineer to join our AI Security team. As a Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in building and maintaining our AI infrastructure, ensuring it is secure and reliable.

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

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

In-office Expectations:

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users.

Pay and Benefits:

The annual US base salary range for this role is $156,800 - $285,600.

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.