Senior Payments Risk & Fraud Analyst (Hands-On IC)

Truss; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Truss is hiring a Senior Risk Analyst in Austin, TX to join a hands‑on IC role focused on fraud prevention and risk controls. You will investigate and disposition risk, tune规则 and signals, and partner with product and engineering to ensure secure money movement.

The position emphasizes owning detection loops and actionable feedback into policy. The ideal candidate has 3–4+ years in fintech risk, strong SQL skills, and the ability to explain judgments clearly while prioritizing customer and

Qualifications

• 3–4+ years in fraud or payments risk within fintech, payments, or banking.
• Hands-on experience with money movement and abuse patterns.
• Proficiency in SQL to pull cases and measure rule performance.
• Clear written judgment on held, released, or escalated cases.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and disposition risk across queues for payment fraud and abuse.
• Tune rules, signals, and thresholds; assess precision and impact.
• Own detection, review, and action loops; document dispositions for policy/automation.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and compliance on onboarding, ledger, payments, and cards.
• Balance false positives/negatives to protect both business and customers.

Skills

Fraud detection

SQL

Python

Risk management

Tools

Sift

Alloy

Unit21

Job description

Truss is hiring a Senior Risk Analyst in Austin, TX to join a hands‑on IC role focused on fraud prevention and risk controls. You will investigate and disposition risk, tune规则 and signals, and partner with product and engineering to ensure secure money movement.

The position emphasizes owning detection loops and actionable feedback into policy. The ideal candidate has 3–4+ years in fintech risk, strong SQL skills, and the ability to explain judgments clearly while prioritizing customer and