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Risk Operations Analyst
Stripe · 🇺🇸 Remote · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 64 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Stripe paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Financial Data Analyst, Technical Operations” (Financial Quantitative Analysts) in WA: $162k–$162k, median $162k. Most were filed at wage level III (50%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Stripe
The US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 64 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 Risk Operations is responsible for managing the risk relationships spanning across global payment method, card, and financial partners. It's our mission to build operational controls to mitigate user and partner risk and enable strategic development opportunities. What you'll do As a Risk Operations Analyst, you'll work to ensure our policies, operations, and workflows align to the needs of our financial partners. You'll be accountable for workflows impacting a variety of cross-functional internal and external stakeholders to identify and assess regulatory, contractual, and partner risk. Further, you'll influence and advise operational teams in building out scalable operational processes to ensure compliance with service level agreements, routine reporting, and overall risk mitigation. Responsibilities • Demonstrate sound judgment and an ability to navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions • Evaluate merchants, from successful venture-backed startups to well-established institutions by assessing suitability to process on Stripe • Adhere closely to process while still constantly questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and following up on implementation of those improvements • Effectively and clearly communicate, including with other Stripe employees, Stripe users, and Stripe financial partners • Identify trends and further report these to cross-functional teams to enhance detection systems • Contribute to projects to enhance and optimize due diligence strategy systems and tools • Help build and scale processes across the risk operations ecosystem • Identify gaps in current systems, policies, and strategies, and recommend enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through a collaborative approach with stakeholders 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 • 5+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or operations in a fast-moving environment • Experience scaling operational processes and driving quantifiable improvements • Experience working cross-functionally on complex problems • Ability to use data to quantify problems, tell a story, and influence a solution • The ability and desire to challenge the status quo • Creative thinker who considers problems from a customer perspective while being pragmatic and solutions-oriented when solving them • Experience analyzing feedback patterns and using those insights to drive process and tooling improvements • You have a lot of ownership, are accountable, and drive towards ambitious goals. • Deep empathy for entrepreneurs running a business and motivation to solve problems to empower them Preferred qualifications • Experience with risk assessment and mitigation strategies in a financial technology environment • Knowledge of payment processing systems and associated risks