Specialist Solutions Architect, Radar (APAC)

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About the role

Specialist Solutions Architect, Radar (Fraud)

The company

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.

The company

About The Team

Specialist Solutions Architects (SSA) are domain experts aligned to specific Stripe solutions and customer buying centers. We have in-depth knowledge of specific solution offerings and a deep understanding of customer challenges. We align with specialist product sellers on deals, advise the broader pre-sales team on complex opportunities, support pipeline development and revenue attainment, serve as an advisor on go-to-market sales plays, and provide critical insights to our product and engineering teams.

Stripe Radar is Stripe's fully integrated fraud and risk management platform. The Radar team's mission is to evolve from a best-in-class payment fraud product into a unified risk intelligence platform that protects businesses from all forms of financial loss—from sophisticated payment fraud and account takeovers to first-party misuse and policy abuse. With Radar, businesses can confidently navigate the evolving fraud landscape, accept more good revenue, and focus on growth.

The work

What You'll Do

You will collaborate closely with sales and pre-sales teams to drive pipeline and revenue targets, while also educating the product and engineering teams on market trends and strongly influencing the product roadmap. You will develop deep relationships with senior customer business leaders and grow Stripe's solution offerings with new and existing customers. As a subject matter expert, you will scale the broader organization by creating reusable assets and coaching others on complex, high-value opportunities. You will serve as the domain and product expert to our users and GTM team for Stripe Radar globally.

The work

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert on Stripe's Radar product suite to accelerate opportunities globally
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of trends in the fraud and risk management ecosystem, including AI-powered detection, processor-agnostic architectures, and the shift from payment fraud to holistic business risk (policy abuse, account takeover, first-party misuse)
• Develop expertise with the functional and architectural patterns for deploying advanced fraud systems, including the lifecycle of rule management, ML model tuning, and manual review optimization
• Understand the ecosystem of risk and identity integrations (device fingerprinting, identity verification, bot mitigation, case management) Stripe must support for users to be successful
• Define, share, and learn best practices and reusable assets with the broader GTM organization to enhance the quality and efficiency of the team
• Create reference architectures to uplevel the team and refine reference solutions based on product enhancements and customer feedback
• Partner closely with the Radar product sales team on Stripe's largest and most complex Radar opportunities, leading solution strategy and owning key customer relationships
• Partner closely with the Radar product team to get early exposure to new products and features
• Serve as a "Voice of the Customer" internally to drive product and feature request prioritization, providing actionable insights on the competitive landscape and emerging fraud vectors
• Act as an escalation point to drive complex technical issues to resolution with Stripe's engineering team
• Stay current on competitive analysis and market differentiation
• Support marketing events including executive briefings, conferences, user groups, and trade shows

Who they want

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.

Who they want

Minimum Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a pre-sales, technical consulting, product, or risk strategy role focused on e-commerce fraud prevention, risk management, or trust and safety
• Deep working knowledge of the fraud and risk ecosystem, including payment fraud (CNP), account takeover (ATO), first-party misuse (friendly fraud), and policy/content abuse
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk management architectures, including the role of rules engines, machine learning models, and manual review queues in fraud decisioning
• Strong knowledge of the signals and data used in fraud detection: device/IP data, behavioral biometrics, identity verification, and graph-based analysis
• Strong knowledge of software engineering and architecture patterns, with the ability to understand how a wide variety of technologies and systems interact
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, comfortable explaining complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
• Ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
• Strong proficiency in English and Mandarin and the position would require you to communicate with customers based in the Greater China region.

Nice to have

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating Stripe or other RESTful APIs into web applications
• Experience with processor-agnostic fraud solutions and multi-processor payment environments
• Experience with risk management for platforms/marketplaces, subscription services, and digital goods
• Familiarity with liability shift programs (chargeback guarantees) and value-based pricing models for risk products
• Understanding of how to extend fraud protection across the payment lifecycle—payouts (Issuing), in-person (Terminal), or recurring (Billing)
• Experience as a subject matter expert in a relevant industry, vertical, or product