Abuse Investigator
Core
Lead incident response for product abuse and fraud events, investigating high-risk accounts and identifying complex fraud patterns to safeguard Stripe's financial ecosystem.
Role type
Senior IC abuse investigator (incident response & fraud analysis)
Builds
Incident response playbooks, fraud detection strategies, and agentic automation solutions for abuse mitigation
Domain
Fintech / Cybersecurity / Fraud Detection
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
incident response, fraud pattern analysis, root cause analysis, Python, SQL, log analysis, network security, digital forensics, data set analysis, behavioral fraud modeling
Preferred skills
adversarial mindset, threat actor TTPs knowledge, big data processing tools (Databricks, Trino), open-source data science frameworks (PySpark, Pandas, Sci-kit Learn), tactical threat intelligence, threat hunting
Technologies
Python, SQL, FT3 framework, Databricks, Trino, PySpark, Pandas, Sci-kit Learn
Responsibilities
Investigate and mitigate urgent fraud incidents (ATO, card testing); analyze high-risk accounts to identify fraud vectors; lead root cause analyses to improve fraud prevention strategies; streamline incident response tooling and processes; collaborate with security, data science, and legal teams to build agentic solutions; communicate risk assessments and mitigation plans
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities