Software Engineer, Fraud & Risk

Job Description

Whatnot is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Fraud & Risk team. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying scalable fraud detection and prevention systems across various product surfaces. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of abuse vectors and the ability to engineer consumer-scale software.What the role involves:

• Designing new production algorithms and systems to prevent systemic threats.
• Monitoring the potential negative impacts of systems on good users.
• Building event-driven architectures for real-time reaction to high-risk user behavior.
• Contributing to the entire software development process.
• Driving initiatives across multiple product surfaces and communicating findings.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of total software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of software engineering experience building for consumer-scale loads.
• 1+ years of experience writing production code in Python.
• 1+ years of experience developing fraud detection & prevention systems preferred.
• Business intuition and a data-driven mindset.
• Comfortability with data warehouses and transformation tools.
• Above average documentation and communication skills.

What the role offers:

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Work From Home Support
• Home office setup allowance
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
• Monthly allowance on both food and wellness
• Annual allowance towards Childcare
• Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
• Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
• Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
• Parental Leave