Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, used by millions of companies worldwide to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, offering you an unprecedented opportunity to impact the global economy while doing meaningful work.

As a Specialist Solutions Architect (SSA) focused on Fraud & Risk, you will be a domain expert aligned with Stripe Radar, our fully integrated fraud and risk management platform. You will collaborate closely with sales and pre-sales teams to drive pipeline and revenue targets, educate product and engineering teams on market trends, and influence the product roadmap. You will develop deep relationships with senior customer business leaders and expand Stripe's solution offerings with new and existing customers.

In this role, you will act as a subject matter expert on Stripe Radar globally, creating reusable assets, coaching others on complex opportunities, and serving as a trusted advisor to both customers and internal teams. You will help evolve Radar from a best-in-class payment fraud product into a unified risk intelligence platform that protects businesses from all forms of financial loss, enabling them to confidently navigate the evolving fraud landscape and focus on growth.

Experience
- 7+ years in pre-sales, technical consulting, product, or risk strategy roles focused on e-commerce fraud prevention, risk management, or trust and safety
- Deep knowledge of fraud and risk ecosystems including payment fraud (CNP), account takeover (ATO), first-party misuse, and policy/content abuse
- Strong understanding of risk management architectures such as rules engines, machine learning models, and manual review queues
- Expertise in fraud detection signals including device/IP data, behavioral biometrics, identity verification, and graph-based analysis
- Solid knowledge of software engineering and architecture patterns with the ability to understand complex technology interactions
- Proven ability to build collaborative relationships and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

About you
You are a strategic thinker and effective communicator who can build strong relationships with business partners and customers. You are passionate about fraud and risk management and eager to influence product development through actionable customer insights. You enjoy working in a dynamic environment and can manage complex technical challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.

Qualifications
- Preferred experience integrating Stripe or other RESTful APIs into web applications
- Familiarity with processor-agnostic fraud solutions and multi-processor payment environments
- Experience with risk management for platforms, marketplaces, subscription services, or digital goods
- Knowledge of liability shift programs and value-based pricing models for risk products
- Understanding of extending fraud protection across payment lifecycles including payouts, in-person payments, and recurring billing
- Experience as a subject matter expert in relevant industries, verticals, or products is a plus