Hybrid Senior Software Engineer - Risk & Fraud

Green Dot Corporation; Los Angeles, California (CA, MO); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Dot Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Risk Team, focusing on building scalable, secure, and resilient systems that support fraud detection, risk scoring, and compliance automation.

This role is a structured hybrid position with a minimum of three days per week in the office and flexibility to work remotely. On-site expectations are in West Los Angeles, CA, with potential evolution over time.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Proficiency in .NET/C# and Azure Cloud native technologies.
• Strong understanding of queuing, multithreading, and distributed computing.
• Familiarity with AI code assistants like GitHub Copilot or similar tools.
• Experience in automated testing, Unit Testing, TDD, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in RESTful API design, OAuth2, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with various 3rd party integrations.
• Familiarity with risk scoring models, fraud detection systems, and compliance automation tools.
• Strong grasp of security and privacy standards for financial data.
• Strong proficiency in SQL Server and database design.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment with AI-enhanced workflows.
• Methodologies- Agile, Scrum.
• Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and meet the location requirement.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop backend services and APIs to support risk operations including fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and compliance workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including InfoSec, Data Science, and Compliance for seamless integration and performance of risk tools.
• Lead technical initiatives to improve SLA adherence, incident management, and root cause analysis systems.
• Implement testing frameworks that auto‑generate test cases, predict bugs, and enable self-healing.
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead the creation of test strategy, test planning, and test execution related to all testing aspects.
• Implement observability and monitoring to ensure reliability and performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices across the risk domain.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate risk and compliance requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Operate in an AI driven SDLC environment.
• Write, test and produce production grade code in financial services without relying on testing by other groups.
• Lead and build test automation frameworks using Standard API testing tools for rest-based APIs hosted on Azure cloud.

Skills

C#/.NET

Azure

RESTful APIs

OAuth2

Microservices

SQL Server

Distributed computing

Multithreading

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

AI code assistants

Tools

Azure

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Green Dot Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Risk Team, focusing on building scalable, secure, and resilient systems that support fraud detection, risk scoring, and compliance automation.

This role is a structured hybrid position with a minimum of three days per week in the office and flexibility to work remotely. On-site expectations are in West Los Angeles, CA, with potential evolution over time.