Security Engineer, New Grad

Stripe is hiring a Security Engineer, New Grad in Dublin, Ireland. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

AI in this role

Build and scale security platforms, threat detection, and incident response systems as a new graduate security engineer at Stripe.

software-engineeringthreat-detectionincident-responsevulnerability-managementoffensive-security

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 the team
Stripe offers an interesting middle ground between joining a small startup and going to work for a multinational company. We have systems and processes optimized for early-career professionals. You will be in an environment that prizes rigor, discipline, and reliability—from our products, from our ways of working, and from our colleagues. You will learn how the best teams put together extremely reliable systems, and you will be responsible for operating these systems, with adequate backup when things get tough.
The Security organization is dedicated to building and maintaining a secure financial infrastructure platform. By joining this team, you will be on the front lines, engineering solutions that protect the sensitive data and systems underpinning a huge portion of the world's economy. You will contribute to core security functions like threat detection and rapid incident response, building and scaling the platforms that manage vulnerabilities, and proactively performing offensive security assessments to identify weaknesses before they can be exploited. This is a chance to apply software engineering principles and new technologies such as AI to solve complex, high-stakes security challenges, ultimately ensuring that Stripe's mission to increase the GDP of the internet is achieved securely.

What you’ll do
As a Security Engineer New Grad you will have the opportunity to work across various security disciplines and own projects from start to finish. Your work will focus on securing Stripe's complex environment by applying software engineering principles to security challenges.

You will learn and apply the principles of secure-by-default design by working closely with product and infrastructure engineering teams.
You'll develop a foundational understanding of various security domains, such as threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, or offensive security.
You'll learn to act as a security subject matter expert, tailoring answers to both engineers and non-engineers.
You'll contribute to the development of internal tools and automation to scale security efforts across Stripe.
You will participate in threat modeling discussions, learning to balance security requirements with product advancement and user experience.

Responsibilities

Work on cross-functional projects, directly collaborating with other engineers
Give meaningful feedback on code reviews and technical designs
Contribute to our overall security posture by continuously improving security processes, tooling, and defenses.
Develop a deep understanding of Stripe’s security primitives, frameworks, and invariants.
Provide actionable insights to help identify, prevent, detect, and respond to anomalous or potentially malicious activity.

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

Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Computer Science or related field (graduating by Summer 2026)
Some experience and familiarity with programming, either through side projects or classwork. We work mostly in Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Scala, and Go. We believe new programming languages can be learned if the fundamentals and general knowledge are present
Experience from either previous internships or working collaboratively on multi-person coding projects (in a university or professional setting)
Ability to learn unfamiliar systems and form an understanding of those systems, through independent research and working with a mentor and subject matter experts
Aptitude to think like an attacker and reason through different approaches to reducing security risk.

Preferred qualifications

Experience in code review practices, and an understanding of how to safely update production systems
Familiarity with navigating and managing work in large code bases
Prior experience or course work in cyber security, digital forensics, or incident response (e.g., through log analysis or capture-the-flag events).
Familiarity with foundational security concepts such as the OWASP Top 10 web application vulnerabilities.
Basic knowledge of SQL or experience analyzing medium to large data sets.
Exposure to cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
An adversarial mindset, understanding the goals, behaviors, and TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures) of threat actors.

How we rate this

Security Engineer, New Grad at Stripe rates 25 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.

Key facts

Security Engineer, New Grad is an open job at Stripe.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Dublin.
The job was posted on October 7, 2026.
Seniority: junior.
Applications are handled by Stripe. Apply on Stripe

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Software EngineeringThreat DetectionIncident ResponseVulnerability ManagementOffensive Security

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