The opportunity
The Abuse Research team is dedicated to proactively hunting for emerging abuse vectors and studying complex attacker behaviors. Rather than just reacting to alerts, the team maps complete abuse paths across Stripe products and external systems to validate novel findings and…
What you'll do
Lead, develop, and retain a team of threat intelligence analysts, fraud: researchers, and detection engineers who thrive at the intersection of adversarial research and engineering
Set and execute the research agenda across threat actor tracking, fraud: investigation, merchant ecosystem defense, and automated detection engineering
Provide technical depth and analytical judgment on complex investigations,: including API key takeovers, account compromise campaigns, and KYC bypass techniques
Operationalize research findings into production-level detection rules,: automated response mechanisms, and cross-functional escalations
Collaborate with Risk, Trust & Safety, Fraud Platform, and Security: Engineering to translate abuse research into proactive platform protections
Coordinate with external stakeholders, including law enforcement, to disrupt: and attribute high-impact threat actors
What they're looking for
- + years of experience leading security engineering or research teams, with a: track record of managing technical ICs doing investigative, intelligence, or detection work.
- B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience in Security
- Experience recruiting, growing, and leading technical teams, including performance management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to: develop and deliver operational or incident-related information to leadership
- Familiarity with fraud and abuse patterns specific to payments and fintech
- Hands-on experience with threat intelligence tradecraft: OSINT, dark web collection, actor attribution, and working with structured intelligence frameworks (ATT&CK, STIX/TAXII, or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
- Background in security research, threat intelligence, or fraud detection: engineering — prior experience leading or working in teams that study adversary behavior, build detection systems, or operate intelligence programs; experience in payments, fintech, or financial crime is a strong plus.
