Security Engineer - Threat Detection

Stripe

Ireland
On-site
5+ years detection engineering experience
Modern siem platform proficiency
Adversary tradecraft understanding
Stripe is seeking a Security Engineer focused on Threat Detection to enhance their proactive threat team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in detection engineering and threat hunting, particularly in complex environments, to help safeguard Stripe’s infrastructure

Job Summary

  • The Proactive Threat team identifies, detects, and responds to threats before they impact Stripe's business or users by leveraging deep knowledge of attacker tradecraft.
  • You will design, build, and tune high-fidelity detections across modern SIEM platforms while conducting hypothesis-driven threat hunts to uncover malicious activity.
  • The team is distributed across the United States and collaborates regularly with stakeholders across Europe and Asia to ensure detections are grounded in real-world adversary behavior.

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Stripe is seeking a Security Engineer focused on Threat Detection to enhance their proactive threat team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in detection engineering and threat hunting, particularly in complex environments, to help safeguard Stripe’s infrastructure.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years detection engineering experience
  • Modern SIEM platform proficiency
  • Adversary tradecraft understanding
  • Network and endpoint detection development
  • Python or similar programming skills

Nice-to-have

  • Fintech or financial services background
  • Malware analysis and reverse engineering
  • Purple team operations experience
  • Big data platform familiarity
  • AI/LLM-assisted development tools

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years experience in detection engineering or threat hunting
  • Proficiency in SPL, KQL, EQL, YARA-L, or SQL
  • Experience analyzing telemetry across endpoint, network, cloud, and identity sources

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