Engineering Manager - Fraud Tools

What you’ll get to do

• Lead the design and development of fraud prevention platforms, including rule-based systems, anomaly detection engines, and real-time alerting pipelines.
• Collaborate with senior engineers on architecture decisions for large-scale, distributed systems that process millions of financial transactions daily.
• Oversee backend development primarily using Java, Spring Boot, and SQL-based data stores, while maintaining service scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Ensure adherence to software engineering best practices including testing, code reviews, observability, and incident management.
• Lead a team of 5 to 10 engineers, ensuring timely delivery of projects and operational excellence.
• Translate strategic goals into clear technical roadmaps, sprint plans, and measurable outcomes (OKRs).
• Provide regular feedback, mentoring, and coaching to team members, promoting technical growth and accountability.
• Foster a culture of ownership, trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with fraud analysts, data scientists, and risk operations to develop internal tools and decisioning capabilities.
• Work closely with Product Owners and other Engineering Managers to align technical priorities with business goals.
• Ensure transparency and alignment with cross-functional stakeholders, escalating blockers as needed.
• Design systems with high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery strategies in mind.
• Drive efforts to improve incident response, monitoring, and system observability.
• Optimize fraud detection performance using advanced analytics, caching, consistent hashing, and partitioning techniques.

To succeed in this role, we think you should have

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience, including 2+ years in a team/tech lead or management role.
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, system design, and microservices architecture.
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.).
• Exposure to fraud detection, financial transaction monitoring, or similar risk systems is a big plus.
• Familiarity with load balancing, rate limiting, caching, and horizontal scaling techniques.
• Comfortable breaking down ambiguous business problems into concrete engineering deliverables.
• Experience working with or leading remote/distributed teams effectively.
• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Generic Skills

• Problem-solving: Ability to assess complex problems, find solutions, and make sound decisions.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and stakeholder reporting.
• Adaptability: Able to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment, adjusting strategies as needed.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulous in documenting technical requirements and ensuring all aspects of a project are accounted for.

Supervisory skills

• Team Management: Experience in managing and mentoring engineers, ensuring team growth and performance.
• Resource Allocation: Ability to assess bandwidth and manage resource distribution to optimize team performance.
• Feedback: Conduct regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback and fostering a growth-oriented environment.
• Stakeholder Management: Lead project status reviews, manage expectations, and ensure smooth communication between teams and leadership.

What we can offer you

• Culture - We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, paid leave, plus other benefits.

What to expect in the hiring process

• A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters.
• A live coding and code review session.
• A system design and technical discussion round. 
• A project planning, execution, and product thinking round.
• A behavioral and technical interview with the hiring manager.