Define and execute the multi-year technical vision for future-state fraud prevention systems across new and existing product lines
Design and build real-time detection, decisioning, and response systems capable of operating reliably at high transaction volumes
Serve as the technical authority on fraud risk for new launches, partnering with payment processors and external financial partners for emerging payment initiatives
Drive the adoption of AI/ML-driven development, LLM-augmented tooling, and intelligent automation across engineering and fraud operations workflows
Conduct design reviews, write high-impact production code where needed, establish technical standards, and mentor engineers
Partner closely with product, risk, compliance, data science, and business leadership to align engineering execution with overall risk strategy
Qualifications
Required
12+ years in software engineering with primary focus on banking, payments, transaction monitoring, or fraud prevention
Deep understanding of payment networks, authorization systems, identity verification, and financial regulations (PCI-DSS, BSA/AML, Reg E)
Proven track record architecting distributed, low-latency, real-time systems in a regulated financial environment
Demonstrated experience integrating applied machine learning, automated decisioning, or intelligent tools into production
Experience operating at a Staff/Principal/Architect level, influencing executive leadership while staying technically hands-on
Preferred
Experience at a major bank, asset manager, or fintech scaling into new payment or debit products
Hands-on familiarity with real-time streaming architectures (Kafka, Flink) and complex decision engines
Background in adversarial modeling, behavioral analytics, or fraud ring detection