At Signifyd, we help merchants confidently grow their businesses by building trusted relationships with their customers. Our advanced technology, combined with a team genuinely invested in our clients’ success, creates frictionless shopping experiences, approving more good orders, protecting revenue, and keeping customers happy.
Trusted by thousands of leading merchants across more than 100 countries, we securely process billions of transactions each year. Our people are the heart of everything we do, driving our mission forward with commitment, empathy, and creativity. Join us on our mission to empower confident, fraud-free commerce by helping online retailers provide superior customer experiences and eliminate fraud. Learn about our company values here!
The Engineering organization at Signifyd is at the forefront of building solutions that protect and empower global commerce. We pride ourselves on delivering highly scalable, robust systems that evolve with our customers' needs, from emerging startups to enterprise-level organizations processing millions of transactions. Our engineers thrive in an innovative environment where rapid iteration and continuous learning drive our success. We embrace modern development practices, leverage cloud-native technologies, and maintain a customer-obsessed mindset to ensure our solutions anticipate tomorrow's challenges. Strong partnerships with Product and Data Science ensure every technical decision is aligned with delivering maximum value and driving meaningful business outcomes.
Software Engineer, Online DecisioningWe are looking for a back-end engineer who is passionate about designing and building world-class services. As a member of the Online Decisioning team, you will own the core API platform for real-time decisioning and scoring that retailers use to block fraud and approve legitimate orders. We seek an experienced engineer with a track record of building innovative, highly-scalable products who can understand key system requirements, design elegant solutions, and work with other engineers and managers to architect and lay out the work.
Responsibilities- Design, build, and deliver large-scale and real-time systems with high quality, scalability, and operability in mind.
- Collaborate with product management, data science, and other engineering teams to bring end-to-end solutions to our customers.
- Review and provide feedback on technical designs and code changes to engineering peers.
- Proactively identify areas of technical debt and propose solutions to address them.
- Take operational ownership of the system by using monitoring and observability tools to identify and respond to issues.
- Mentor and coach team members to raise the technical bar on the team.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years of experience in software development with modern programming languages, experience programming in a functional style.
- Experience with software design and architecture.
- Experience with design for scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Ability to effectively communicate with engineers and non-engineers alike.
- You use modern AI development tools fluently to ship faster without sacrificing quality. This means practical experience with AI coding assistants, understanding how to provide effective context, and critically evaluating generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, and long-term code quality.
- Experience with building distributed systems or machine learning products.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) is highly desired.
- Java, SQL, Apache Spark, gRPC, HTTP/REST
- Kubernetes, Docker, Linux
- Cassandra, Pub/Sub, Databricks
- GCP, AWS
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Benefits in our US offices:
- Discretionary Time Off Policy (Unlimited!)
- 401K Match
- Stock Options
- Annual Performance Bonus or Commissions
- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks)
- On-Demand Therapy for all employees & their dependents
- Dedicated learning budget through Learnerbly
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Company Social Events
- Signifyd Swag
Compensation:
In the United States, each work location is assigned a specific pay zone, which determines the salary range for a given position. The starting base salary for the selected candidate will be based on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, geographic location, and current market conditions.
Base Salary Ranges by Pay Zone:
- Tier 1 (NYC/SF Bay Area/Seattle): $160,000 – $180,000 annually
- Tier 2 (DC Metro/Austin/Chicago/Denver/Boston/Los Angeles/San Diego): $150,000 – $170,000 annually
- Tier 3 (US - All Other): $140,000– $160,000 annually
Equity: This role is eligible for a stock option grant of 1800 stock options, based on the position level and internal compensation guidelines.
Bonus: This role is eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 10% of base salary.
We want to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 2+ years of experience in software development with modern programming languages
- Experience with software design and architecture
- Experience with design for scalability, performance, and reliability
- Ability to effectively communicate with engineers and non-engineers alike
- Practical experience with AI development tools
Signifyd Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Signifyd and has not been reviewed or approved by Signifyd.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A permanent four‑day (32‑hour) workweek and discretionary/unlimited PTO provide substantial time‑away benefits. Most teams operate Monday–Thursday with coverage rotations for functions requiring additional support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — On‑demand therapy, wellness programming, and remote‑first flexibility bolster work–life balance and mental health. These supports are available broadly across the organization.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leave for all parents, including adoption and surrogacy, and support for reproductive care broaden family‑friendly coverage. Access to mental‑health services is also extended to dependents in some cases.
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What We Do
Signifyd provides an end-to-end Commerce Protection Platform that leverages its Commerce Network to maximize conversion, automate customer experience and eliminate fraud and consumer abuse for retailers. Signifyd counts among its customers a number of companies on the Fortune 1000 and Digital Commerce 360 Top 500 lists. Signifyd is headquartered in San Jose, CA., with locations in Denver, New York, Mexico City, São Paulo, Belfast, and London.
Why Work With Us
We have a hybrid working environment and culture built around collaboration, development, and diversity. We think it's incredibly important that people from all backgrounds feel a sense of inclusion and belonging and truly embody our company values. We also promote mental wellbeing with flexible time off!
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