Backend Engineer, AI Security
Core
Building security infrastructure primitives and tooling layers for Stripe's AI stack to detect and protect against AI-specific threats like prompt injection and jailbreaks.
Role type
Foundational backend security engineer (AI infrastructure)
Builds
Security frameworks integrated with core AI infrastructure and detection/protection systems for the inference path
Domain
Financial technology / AI security / LLM infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
software development, system design, cross-team collaboration, high-quality code, ambiguity navigation, complex problem reasoning
Preferred skills
infrastructure systems development, security engineering, AI agents/LLM systems development
Technologies
(none explicitly stated)
Responsibilities
Build security frameworks integrated with core AI infrastructure; Design and implement defenses against AI specific threats like prompt injection and jailbreaks; Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure secure AI infrastructure; Support other engineering teams in integrating security primitives; Uphold high engineering standards and improve codebase and processes; Design and build systems that help define the state of the art for AI security
Seniority
Individual Contributor, foundational/first engineer