Staff Backend Engineer - Fraud Decisioning & Leadership
Affirm
Affirm, Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead initiatives on the Fraud Decisioning team. You will build tools and systems to empower fraud fighting capabilities, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and use analytics to improve performance and quality of deciders. Join a mission-driven team that shields Affirm, buyers, and merchants by leveraging data to evaluate risk across the user journey. You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction, and drive large, cross-functional programs #J-18808-Ljbffr
$250k - $400k
...election night, a Fed decision or a championship... ...resolutions flow through our backend as events unfold, and... .... We're hiring Staff Backend Engineers to own and shape those... ...users and markets from fraud and abuse, or new... ...consequencesProven technical leadership: you've set direction...FraudNight shift- ...We are looking for a Staff Engineer to lead projects and initiatives on the Fraud Decisioning team. You’ll be responsible for building tools and systems that empower... ...years of experience as a software engineer with leadership responsibilities and experience mentoring...FraudRemote workFlexible hours
- ...Fraud Prevention EngineerRequired Education: Bachelor's degree in computer... ...years of professional software engineering experience building and contributing to backend services (SWE2 level);... ...rule logic, or working with risk decisioning, case-disposition, or trust & safety...Fraud
- ...You’re experienced and thoughtful – 10+ YOE in backend engineering using Python. You have strong technical leadership experience, including architecting complex systems... ...direction and make high‑impact architectural decisions. You’ll brainstorm – We’re not looking for...SuggestedSummer workWork at office
$195k - $265k
...platform, reporting to the Engineering Manager. The team owns everything... ...enough for one person's decisions to shape it You'll own the... ...the team's Technical leadership Set engineering norms and... ...+ years building production backend systems: APIs, data pipelines...Suggested- ...Affirm is seeking an experienced engineering leader to set the technical strategy for a high-impact backend team. You will drive collaboration with product, design, and analytics to ensure sustainable solutions and clear risk trade-offs, while owning on-call readiness...Remote work
- ...Posh, located in New York City, is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to lead architecture and development across multiple services. The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with expertise in APIs and distributed systems. You will...Work at office
- ...enabled solutions for marketing, fraud, and operations teams.Despite... ...re looking for a Maps Product Engineer to strengthen the data... ...two molds, technically: either Staff level expertise in one stack,... ...connotation of "Frontend and Backend", but Radar Engineers might also...Fraud
$325k
...and crypto. They're looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to take technical ownership of core... ...and reliability Driving technical decisions and setting engineering standards across... ...engineers and providing technical leadership without direct management responsibilities...$200k - $250k
...Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer Application Deadline: 20 November 2026 Department... ...risk or opportunity. Drive critical decisions on scalability, resilience, and... ...level. Advise executive and product leadership on technical feasibility, risk, and investment...Full timeRemote workFlexible hours$250k - $300k
...Staff Backend Engineer Location: New York City, NY (On-site) Compensation: $250,000–$300,00... ...deep technical ownership, architectural decision-making, and building scalable,... ...that scale. Brings both technical leadership and a willingness to remain hands-on...Full time$250k
...AI workflows with a robust backend infrastructure to automate... ...environments. They are looking for staff-level engineers to help design, build, and... ...systems Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Raise the... ...pipelines, including intelligent decision‑making systems and workflow...Remote work$190k - $237.5k
...Fanatics Holdings, Inc. As a Staff Engineer on the Payments team,... ...This role combines deep backend expertise with architectural leadership. You will set the... ...teams and work closely with Fraud, Responsible Gaming,... ...voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered...FraudFull timeFor contractorsSeasonal work- ...oprecruiting.comPhone: (***) ***-****Staff Backend EngineerLocation: RemoteAbout... ...a high-caliber Senior Engineer to architect robust backend... ...high availability.Technical Leadership: Direct the planning and... ...junior and mid-level engineering staff.Collaborative Innovation: Work...Contract workFlexible hours
$180k - $270k
...Career Launch is accepting applications for Staff Backend Engineer opportunities with partner employers in New York. Career Launch works with... ...and reliability practices. Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities....Full time- ...are seeking an exceptional Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead the design and... ...generation of our AI-driven fraud detection platform . You will... ...is a hands‑on technical leadership role, shaping our fraud prevention... ...and implement real-time decision systems , integrating with...Fraud
- ...a web of relationships, meetings, and decisions that still run on spreadsheets, email chains... ...blends Wall Street experience with engineering excellence, drawing on backgrounds at firms... ...the role We're looking to hire a Staff Backend Engineer. This is a hands-on IC role...Full timeWork at office
- ...sports fans globally. Overview As a Backend Staff Engineer at Fanatics Core, you are a... ...the standard for the team. Your bold decisions balance immediate business needs with... ...term technical excellence. Through your leadership, you cultivate a culture of excellence...Full timeImmediate startRemote work
- ...and make data-driven strategic decisions. We serve many of the world's... ...AI, product development, and engineering—innovative, humble, and... ...are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our... ...engineering practices throughout our backend stack and are expected to...Work at officeRemote workRelocation package
- ...Affirm is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to define and lead technical excellence across the Cards engineering org. You will shape strategy... ...with an AI-forward mindset. You will drive architectural decisions, influence platform choices, and champion ownership culture...Remote work
- ...businesses prevent payments fraud and abuse while enabling legitimate... ....What you’ll doAs a software engineer on Radar, you’ll build... ...and abuse. Your work will span backend services, enterprise APIs, and... ...systems that make real-time decisions across Stripe’s global payments...Fraud
$200k - $250k
...Staff Backend Engineer - AiCareer Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Staff Backend Engineer - AI - this is an onsite role in NYC.... ...foundational ML infrastructure. You'll make key technical decisions around storage processing and analytics while functioning as...$230k - $290k
...Staff Backend Engineer - Submission ProcessingNew York, NY (Hybrid)About Kalepa:Insurance is a $7T global industry built on professional labor... ...at their jobs. That earns us the right to learn from real decisions, capture decision traces, and automate what can be automated...Work at officeRemote work- ...Helius is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to own one of our core systems, such as Gatekeeper or Data Streaming, helping scale the Solana-powered... .... You'll work closely with founders and engineering leadership to define architecture, set technical direction, and raise...Remote work
$230k - $290k
...succeed at their jobs. That earns us the right to learn from real decisions, capture decision traces, and automate what can be automated... ...USD*Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)We’re looking for strong backend engineers who love building reliable systems around fragmented, but...Work at officeRemote work- ...confidence in every compensation decision.Top tier companies like... ...direction across projects, mentor engineers, and raise the bar on how the... ...You'll Bring5+ years of backend engineering experienceA strong... ...automated tools, including AI-based fraud detection, to verify...FraudFlexible hours
$182.75k - $278.5k
...time back.The Insurance Billing Engine: We apply AI pragmatically to... ...-centric model. Build the backend services that power personalized... ...Standard: You make technical decisions that optimize for... ...against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only...FraudFlexible hoursShift work- ...Paretos GmbH is seeking a Staff AI Backend Engineer to own the technical backbone of our Decision Intelligence platform, and to architect scalable back-end services enabling forecasting, optimization models, agentic workflows, and our semantic data layer. You work AI-first...
- ...sports fans globally. Overview As a Backend Staff Engineer at Fanatics Core, you are a... ...the standard for the team. Your bold decisions balance immediate business needs with... ...term technical excellence. Through your leadership, you cultivate a culture of excellence...Remote jobFull timeImmediate start
- ...Your mission As a Staff AI Backend Engineer, you own the technical backbone of our Decision Intelligence platform and the architecture that lets it scale. You set the direction for how we build scalable backend services that bring our forecasting and optimization models...
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