Senior Payments Risk Engineer - Remote

Jackalope Digital LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Payments Risk Engineering team. You will design and build scalable risk services and collaborate with product, data science and operations to detect and mitigate fraud across the payments platform.

The role emphasizes end-to-end delivery, high code quality, testing and cross-functional teamwork, with remote eligibility for US residents.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend software engineering in Payments/Fintech.
• Proficient in Java, Kotlin or Python; React experience is a plus.
• Experience with large-scale web apps and data pipelines is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a long-term technology stack with well-defined APIs.
• Collaborate with data scientists, product managers and other teams to respond to fraud and risk.
• Integrate with third-party vendors and payments networks.
• Iterate on risk detection, mitigation and resolution strategies as requirements evolve.
• Enhance monitoring and observability of risk systems.

Skills

Java/Kotlin/Python

React

Payments domain

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Payments Risk Engineering team. You will design and build scalable risk services and collaborate with product, data science and operations to detect and mitigate fraud across the payments platform.

The role emphasizes end-to-end delivery, high code quality, testing and cross-functional teamwork, with remote eligibility for US residents.