Riskified empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by taking risk off the table. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified’s AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more.
We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day.
About the Role
Join Riskified's Analysis Platform group as a Team Lead. You'll lead a team responsible for building the systems that power Riskified's merchant order analysis - combining large-scale, real-time backend infrastructure with advanced browser and device fingerprinting to authenticate genuine users and stop fraud during online transactions.
The team owns its work end-to-end: from feature planning with Product and Design, through technology selection, architecture, coding, code review, and CI/CD deployment, all the way to post-deployment monitoring. As Team Lead, you'll set the technical direction, grow the team, and stay close enough to the code to lead from the front.
You'll be managing two complementary disciplines: backend engineers building highly scalable architectures for our machine learning systems and platforms (Scala, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes), and security software engineers developing JavaScript and mobile techniques for fingerprinting, bot detection, and spoofing prevention. Your role is to bring these together into a cohesive, high-performing team.
Our Stack: Scala, Kafka, Redis, Aerospike, JavaScript, Databricks, Spark, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
What You'll Be Doing- Lead talented backend and security software engineers as their direct manager, supporting their growth and development
- Run the team's Agile development process, working with Product to set objectives and build a development plan to achieve them
- Own the technical vision and architecture for highly scalable, real-time and batch systems that serve Riskified's core fraud-analysis offering
- Participate in hands-on development and code review
- Lead the hiring and onboarding of new team members
- Collaborate closely with research, data science, and product teams to define and implement new features and shape the roadmap
Qualifications- 2+ years as a Team Leader, working with Agile methodologies
- 5+ years of proven hands-on experience developing large-scale, distributed, highly available cloud applications
- Strong server-side engineering background, ideally with Scala/Java; familiarity with stream processing and databases
- Experience or strong interest in web/mobile security, anti-fraud, or fingerprinting domains is an advantage
- Strong technical and product vision, and the ability to communicate it to multiple audiences
- Proven track record delivering enterprise solutions from design through production
- Ability to inspire, lead, and mentor high-performing senior engineers
- Ability to deal with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment while staying focused on goals
- Strong customer focus, excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
Life at RiskifiedWe are a fast-growing and dynamic tech company with 750+ team members globally. We value collaboration and innovative thinking.
We’re looking for bright, driven, and passionate people to grow with us.
Some of our Lisbon Benefits & Perks:
- Hybrid mode of work
- Flexible schedule
- Healthcare benefits
- Fully-stocked kitchens
- Wellness program
- Celebrations and activities
- Team events
- Happy hours
- Awesome Riskified gifts and swags
- Volunteer programs
- Personal development
- Global onboarding
- Role-based technical skills training
- Full access to Udemy
In the News
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Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Skills Required
- 2+ years as a Team Leader, working with Agile methodologies
- 5+ years of proven hands-on experience developing large-scale, distributed, highly available cloud applications
- Strong server-side engineering background
- Experience with Scala/Java
- Familiarity with stream processing and databases
- Experience or strong interest in web/mobile security, anti-fraud, or fingerprinting domains
- Strong technical and product vision and ability to communicate it to multiple audiences
- Proven track record delivering enterprise solutions from design through production
- Ability to inspire, lead, and mentor high-performing senior engineers
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
What the Team is Saying
Riskified Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage begin on day one, supplemented by company-covered therapy sessions and access to a personal care navigator. This early eligibility and mental-health support create a comprehensive health offering.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching and immediate vesting is provided in the U.S., alongside additional protections like disability and life insurance. These elements strengthen long-term financial security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is granted broadly to employees and is complemented by an employee stock purchase plan. Performance bonuses further round out total rewards.
Riskified Insights
What We Do
Riskified (NYSE:RSKD) empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by outsmarting risk. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified’s AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more. We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day.
Why Work With Us
Riskified empowers businesses to realize the full potential of eCommerce by making it safe, accessible, and frictionless. Our members are proud to work on products that provide innovative solutions to real-world problems. It’s an exciting and collaborative environment, and the company invests just as much in its employees as it does in its clients.
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Riskified Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Our hybrid policy allows employees to work both at home and in our office to provide flexibility and enhance collaboration amongst teams. Our NYC team works in a hybrid work model of 3 days in office and 2 days remote.
