Software Engineer, Fraud
About the role
This role is ideal for someone with experience in fraud or abuse prevention who can translate patterns and threats into actionable solutions. You'll work closely with product and engineering teams to define a fraud roadmap, prioritize high-leverage problems, and ship defenses quickly.
You will own and build fraud detection and prevention systems across multiple fraud surfaces, including identity and platform abuse. You will design and implement tools, workflows, and backend systems that detect suspicious behavior and reduce fraudulent activity. You will also establish clearer visibility into fraud patterns, operational risk, and the effectiveness of prevention systems over time.
This role is part of a small team where autonomy matters, and the right person can shape both strategy and implementation from day one. Your contributions will help solve an enormous challenge, ensuring the platform remains safe and saving the company millions of dollars annually.
Responsibilities
- Own and build fraud detection and prevention systems across multiple fraud surfaces, including identity and platform abuse.
- Partner closely with product and engineering to define a fraud roadmap, prioritize the highest-leverage problems, and ship defenses quickly.
- Design and implement tools, workflows, and backend systems that detect suspicious behavior and reduce fraudulent activity.
- Establish clearer visibility into fraud patterns, operational risk, and the effectiveness of prevention systems over time.
- Work across ambiguous, fast-moving problem spaces and independently drive large scopes of work on a lean team.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering.
- PREFERRED: Experience working on fraud or abuse prevention, with a strong understanding of how to translate patterns and threats into product and engineering roadmaps.
- Ability to operate autonomously and take ownership over large, ambiguous problem areas.
- Strong backend engineering fundamentals and comfort building production systems.
- A practical, high-judgment approach to balancing speed, security, and user experience.
Qualifications
- Experience in fraud or abuse prevention.
- Strong understanding of translating patterns and threats into product and engineering roadmaps.
- Autonomy and ownership over large, ambiguous problem areas.
- Backend engineering fundamentals and ability to build production systems.
- A practical, high-judgment approach to balancing speed, security, and user experience.
Skills
- Experience in fraud or abuse prevention.
- Strong understanding of translating patterns and threats into product and engineering roadmaps.
- Autonomy and ownership over large, ambiguous problem areas.
- Backend engineering fundamentals and ability to build production systems.
- A practical, high-judgment approach to balancing speed, security, and user experience.
Benefits
- Bi-annual performance bonus structure.
- Generous equity grant vested over 4 years.
- Up to $15k Relocation bonus.
- $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office).
- $1.5K monthly stipend for meals.
- Free Equinox membership.
- 200 monthly laundry reimbursement.
- 200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement.
- Health, Dental, Vision insurance.
- Compensation Range: $130K - $500K.