Fraud Engineer

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior fraud leader to own real-time monitoring, detection, and mitigation across campaigns and financial programs. You will hunt evolving threats, craft scalable rules and signals, and build tools and dashboards to boost team effectiveness.

You will partner with engineering, CX, and compliance to reduce fraud risk in a fast-moving fintech environment. Ideal candidates will show ownership, strong analytical skills, and experience with card/payment fraud mechanics,

Qualifications

• Natural scam hunter mindset.
• Spot anomalous patterns and reverse-engineer attack campaigns.
• Willingness to learn coding with AI agents setup.
• Exceptional ability to find hidden signals in noisy transaction and behavioral data.
• High ownership, low-ego, and ability to drive results in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
• Experience at a fintech, neobank, or issuer processor is a plus.
• Exposure to web3/crypto-related fraud patterns is a plus.
• Exposure to consumer fraud patterns is a plus.
• Experience building or scaling early-stage fraud operations teams is a plus.
• Knowledge of card/payment fraud mechanics, including card testing, BIN attacks, friendly fraud, and merchant collusion, is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own real-time fraud monitoring, alerting, and automated mitigation systems.
• Hunt emerging threats including cashback farming, card testing, merchant abuse, friendly fraud, money laundering, and malicious behavior within the ether.fi ecosystem.
• Develop and tune advanced fraud rules, behavioral signals, and scoring logic.
• Build internal tools, dashboards, and scripts to improve team effectiveness.
• Define fraud strategy and operational playbooks that scale with the business.
• Communicate actively with cross-functional teams and external business partners to mitigate fraud risks.
• Own the full fraud stack for ether.fi campaigns, credit card program, and fund flows.
• Work closely with Engineering, CX, and compliance teams

Skills

Fraud Rules

Behavioral Signals

AI Agent Coding

Card Fraud Mechanics

Data Analysis

Tools

Internal Tools

Dashboards

Scripts

Job description

• Own real-time fraud monitoring, alerting, and automated mitigation systems


• Hunt emerging threats including cashback farming, card testing, merchant abuse, friendly fraud, money laundering, and malicious behavior within the ether.fi ecosystem


• Develop and tune advanced fraud rules, behavioral signals, and scoring logic


• Build internal tools, dashboards, and scripts to improve team effectiveness


• Define fraud strategy and operational playbooks that scale with the business


• Communicate actively with cross-functional teams and external business partners to mitigate fraud risks


• Own the full fraud stack for ether.fi campaigns, credit card program, and fund flows


• Work closely with Engineering, CX, and compliance teams

Requirements

• Natural scam hunter mindset


• Ability to spot anomalous patterns and reverse-engineer attack campaigns


• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn, coding with modern AI agents setup


• Exceptional ability to find hidden signals in noisy transaction and behavioral data


• High ownership, low-ego, and ability to drive results in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment


• Experience at a fintech, neobank, or issuer processor is a plus


• Exposure to web3/crypto-related fraud patterns is a plus


• Exposure to consumer fraud patterns is a plus


• Experience building or scaling early-stage fraud operations teams is a plus


• Knowledge of card/payment fraud mechanics, including card testing, BIN attacks, friendly fraud, and merchant collusion, is a plus

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in real-time fraud monitoring and mitigation, with a strong ability to analyze transaction data and develop effective fraud strategies. Proficient in building tools and dashboards to enhance operational efficiency while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Fraud Monitoring


• Anomaly Detection


• Fraud Strategy Development


• Behavioral Data Analysis


• Fraud Operations Management

Hard Skills

• Fraud Rule Development


• Behavioral Signal Tuning


• Coding with AI Agents


• Card/Payment Fraud Mechanics


• Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Ownership


• Results-Driven


• Communication


• Adaptability

Industry Keywords

• Fintech


• Neobank


• Issuer Processor


• Web3


• Crypto Fraud Patterns


• Consumer Fraud Patterns

Tools & Technologies

• Internal Tools


• Dashboards


• Scripts

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