Description:

The Account Takeover (ATO) team at Sift builds real-time solutions to detect and prevent fraudulent account takeovers.
This team plays a vital role in safeguarding user accounts by monitoring fraud trends, refining detection algorithms, optimizing system latency, and swiftly addressing security escalations.
Joining the ATO team offers a unique opportunity to develop cutting-edge security solutions and make a meaningful impact on online account protection.
As a senior software engineer on the Account Takeover team, you will work closely with product managers, data scientists, and other software engineers to deliver various Account Takeover product features, which are at the intersection of machine learning and distributed systems.
You will build highly scalable, distributed services that can handle hundreds of millions of events per day.
You will partner with product management to help scope and shape project requirements.
You will implement engineering solutions to address complex customer needs at scale.
You will collaborate with other engineers within the Account Takeover team as well as across other engineering teams.
You will help evolve and improve our engineering practices.
You will mentor junior engineers on the team.

Requirements:

You must have 5+ years of experience building distributed backend systems using Java, Scala, C#, C++, or other object-oriented languages.
You should have 3+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure).
You need strong software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems, along with strong debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills.
A solid understanding of relational and NoSQL database modeling and design is required.
You must possess strong communication and collaboration skills, and a belief that team output is more important than individual output.
You should be a self-starter, with a quick learning curve.

Sift offers the opportunity to work on an AI-powered fraud platform that secures digital trust for leading global businesses.
You will be part of a team that empowers more than 700 customers to grow fearlessly, including well-known brands like DoorDash, Yelp, and Poshmark.
The role provides a chance to develop cutting-edge security solutions and make a meaningful impact on online account protection.
You will have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented work environment.