Staff Full Stack Engineer, Identity
Core
Architecting and leading the development of Stripe's global Identity Store and headless verification platform to enable fraud prevention, regulatory compliance, and trust for millions of users.
Role type
Staff Full Stack Engineer (Strategic Technical Leadership)
Builds
Identity Store, Networked Identity platform, advanced fraud detection pipeline (behavioral biometrics, deepfake discriminators), headless-API and embedded-components platform
Domain
Fintech, Identity Engineering, Fraud Detection, Adversarial AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Strategic technical leadership, API design and abstractions, 0-1 platform development, cross-functional alignment, engineering standards setting, system reliability and security, observability and alerting
Preferred skills
Identity verification and fraud detection systems, adversarial inputs at scale, production ML systems (model serving, training pipelines, drift detection), platform products with multiple consumer types, ambiguity navigation
Technologies
Ruby, TypeScript, Python, Kafka, Temporal, Protobuf, React, SQL (Spark, Trino), Airflow, Bazel, Mongo, Splunk, Prometheus
Responsibilities
Define architecture for core Identity systems and make build vs. buy decisions; Architect net-new systems including the Identity Store and fraud detection pipeline; Partner with ML, product, and legal leads to align roadmaps; Set engineering standards and mentor senior engineers; Ensure reliability, scalability, and security of externally-facing systems
Seniority
Staff, strategic technical leadership
