Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum of 8 years experience in security systems within production environments., Strong understanding of modern web security practices and vulnerabilities., Ability to communicate complex security concepts to diverse audiences., Experience with security in startup or corporate settings, including blockchain security preferred..

Key responsibilities:

Design and integrate security into Privy's products and infrastructure.

Develop and promote internal security best practices and tools.

Collaborate with customers to build secure solutions for millions of users.

Identify, triage, and resolve security issues within the codebase.

Job description

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About Privy

Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empower their users.

Learn more about Privy:

Privy and Stripe: Bringing crypto to everyone

What you’ll do

Privy is seeking a staff application security engineer to work at the intersection of critically important authentication and data security surfaces and deep challenges of digital ownership and trusted execution environments. You'll architect security as a core part of our product, own and build out internal best practices, work directly with customers to build secure infrastructure for millions, and triage and remediate issues within the codebase.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

8+ years experience with implementing or maintaining security systems in production environments
Comfortable making changes to production environments
Understanding of modern web security best practices and common vulnerabilities
Ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
A collaborative approach to security that emphasizes education and enablement

Preferred qualifications

Experience with corporate security or information security in startups
Blockchain security experience
Detection and response or incident response background
AWS security expertise
Bug bounty hunting or red team experience
Experience building security-focused developer tools
Published about your work in security (presentations, blog posts, open source contributions)

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