P2P Risk Strategy Lead | Python, SQL, Graphs

Bybit Limited; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study Growth Fund

Internal Events

Global Collaboration

Career Advancement

Internal Mobility

Job summary

Bybit is seeking a highly analytical and data-driven P2P Risk Strategy Specialist to design, optimize, and scale risk automation. You will protect the platform against P2P transaction risks and combine a strong data background with hands-on coding in Python and SQL to detect subtle fraud patterns across massive transaction ecosystems.

You will also design risk policies, implement real-time decisioning rules, and build dashboards to monitor risk performance, while collaborating with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in risk strategy, transaction monitoring, payment fraud analysis, or trust & safety within Fintech, Banking, or Digital Marketplaces.
• Advanced SQL skills: complex joins, window functions, CTEs, optimizing queries on large-scale distributed databases.
• Proficient in Python: pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, networkx for data manipulation and rule automation.
• Pattern detection & analytics: identify complex fraud networks, velocity anomalies, or multi-account abuse patterns.
• Educational background in quantitative fields; direct experience with P2P payment mechanisms or real-time settlement rails is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Pattern detection & Behavioral analysis on high-volume logs to uncover fraud vectors.
• Design, implement, and iterate real-time risk rules and policies to mitigate risk while preserving UX.
• Write production-grade SQL and Python scripts for graph and network analysis.
• Translate models into operational strategies, set decision thresholds, and run A/B tests.
• Perform root-cause analysis on fraudulent transactions and losses to close gaps.
• Build and maintain automated dashboards and KPI tracking for risk performance.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Data analysis

Fraud detection

Graph theory/network analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, CS, Statistics, Econ

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Job description

Bybit is seeking a highly analytical and data-driven P2P Risk Strategy Specialist to design, optimize, and scale risk automation. You will protect the platform against P2P transaction risks and combine a strong data background with hands-on coding in Python and SQL to detect subtle fraud patterns across massive transaction ecosystems.

You will also design risk policies, implement real-time decisioning rules, and build dashboards to monitor risk performance, while collaborating with