Backend Engineer - NorthAm Risk
Core
Building real-time risk and fraud prevention systems for the North American market to protect customers and the business from financial crime.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Risk & Fraud)
Builds
Real-time risk assessment engines, Instant ACH infrastructure, and fraud prevention controls for high-volume transaction processing.
Domain
Fintech, Payments, Risk Management, Financial Crime Prevention
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Java, Kotlin, Spring Framework, Low-latency system design, JDBC, Database internals, Kafka, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink, CI/CD pipelines, Distributed systems architecture
Preferred skills
Machine learning basics (data pipelines, feature engineering), OLAP databases, Apache Iceberg
Technologies
Kafka, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink, Spring, JDBC, Apache Iceberg
Responsibilities
Design technical solutions optimizing for throughput and sub-second latency; Build and maintain scalable distributed systems for real-time event processing; Collaborate with data scientists to deploy models and with analysts to refine rule sets; Own projects from conception to production monitoring; Prevent financial loss by implementing fraud vector controls.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
