Erik Barbara
Engineering Manager at Stripe
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolErik Barbara is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience leading teams at venture-backed SaaS and security-focused companies, currently managing Privacy and Security Engineering at Stripe. He balances hands-on technical work with people-first leadership, building promotion roadmaps, recruiting strategies, and team charters while serving as a buffer between teams and external noise. Erik has scaled engineering organizations through roles at Duo Security (pre- and post-acquisition), DataGrail, and product/data-focused early careers, bringing deep expertise in privacy, vulnerability management, and SRE practices. He mentors other leaders (Plato) and pairs a BSE in Computer Science with an MM in Strategic Management, blending technical rigor with strategic leadership. Notably, he values autonomy and real-world results over process for process’ sake, and occasionally publishes thoughtful essays on engineering and management.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BSE Computer Science; Minor in Spanish Language Literature and Culture, BSE Computer Science; Minor in Spanish Language Literature and Culture at University of MichiganMaster of Management Strategic Management and Executive Leadership, Master of Management Strategic Management and Executive Leadership at Penn State World Campus
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
1reputation
0reached
0answers
0questions
Github Skills (33)
duo-security10
admin9
authentication9
python9
python-client9
auth9
factor7
confluent7
factor-authentication7
confluent-cloud7
calculation7
producer6
connect6
librdkafka6
stock6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
erikbarbara/karmabot
May 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 8 months
erikbarbara/iso-amt-calculator
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
Quick and dirty Alternative Minimum Tax calculation focused on exercising incentive stock options.
Contributions:5 commits, 14 pushes in 2 years 6 months
stock-optionsminimumdirtyfocusedoptions
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.