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 The Internal Identity Team’s mission is to protect Stripe by providing primitives that enable secure user access at Stripe. The infrastructure and tooling we build enables Stripe to enforce strong authentication and authorization controls, while providing a seamless user experience for Stripes to do their best work. At its core, our team is both an infrastructure team and a security team (Security Infrastructure). We build the platforms and tools that enable system and resource owners to implement core authentication and authorization primitives in their own services, and act as security practitioners who collaborate directly with stakeholders within Stripe to socialize security best practices. Our platform represents critical infrastructure with high reliability requirements, demanding excellence in site reliability engineering practices to deliver performant, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems. 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 * Proven track record of building and managing scalable, resilient, and observable systems * Strong technical background in engineering leadership  * Excellence building high-availability infrastructure. * Ability to lead large technical projects with internal and external dependencies. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience in authentication and authorization primitives * Experience with Single Sign-On (SSO) strategies and identity federation (e.g., Shibboleth, Google SSO). * Familiarity with compliance standards such as SOX and PCI. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES * Ability to mentor and grow engineering talent, fostering a culture of continuous learning. * Strategic thinking to align team goals with broader organizational objectives and security vision. * Skill in balancing technical debt reduction with feature development and operational excellence. * Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across teams and socialize security best practices. WHY STRIPE * Lead a team at the forefront of security infrastructure innovation, solving challenges at a global scale. * Drive projects that directly impact the security and productivity of all Stripe employees. * Work with world-class engineers passionate about building robust, scalable infrastructure. * Enjoy the autonomy to propose and implement groundbreaking security solutions.