Senior Software Engineer - Fraud

Roblox
San Jose, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 243K

Job location

San Jose, United States of America

Tech stack

A/B testing
Data analysis
Data Mining
Distributed Systems
Fraud Prevention and Detection
Machine Learning
NoSQL
Scientific Computating
SQL Databases
Data Storage Technologies
Backend
Information Technology
Data Analytics
Api Design

Job description

  • Develop backend services, fraud platform components, and pipelines to implement product logic, encourage eng efficiency, and produce features for ML models.
  • Be a Tech Lead that contributes to our Technical Roadmap and Risk Defense strategy.
  • Up-level our data mining and data-driven approaches.
  • Occasionally perform data analysis to understand our Fraud & Abuse domain.
  • Occasionally bridge communication between generalist backend engineers, and data scientists and ML engineers.
  • Help recruit future talent for the team

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Requirements

Do you have experience in Scalable systems?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 4+ years of professional experience working with scalable, distributed systems

  • Strong experience in large-scale, data-driven architecture, API design, data modeling, and SQL / NoSQL data storage.
  • Experience in risk prevention, machine learning, or analytical work. Risk prevention may include but is not limited to anti-Fraud, anti-Abuse, or Trust & Safety. Analytical work may include but is not limited to Data Analysis, Scientific Computing, Statistical Modeling, or Research.
  • Passion for delivering products end-to-end, from ideation through implementation and A/B testing, while being empathetic with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Strong ownership with proactive, candid communication, and an ability to handle high complexity
  • Bachelor's Degree or above in Computer Science or another quantitative field

About the company

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences- all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we're building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We're on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you'll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. As an Economy Fraud engineer, you defend Roblox from all types of fraud, including theft, scams, money laundering, and payment fraud. Roblox is a high-growth, unique product environment. You will be developing anti-fraud and abuse solutions for web, mobile, and 3D environments. This high impact work and your innovation is critical for the well-being of our community and to the future of our company. We aim for our users to have peace of mind that their communities and transactions are protected. Our defenses also protect our company's rapid expansion and safeguard billions in revenue. Roblox's virtual marketplace handles over 4 million transactions a day, and enables our top developers to make millions of dollars a year. Our team's challenges are not just regular day-to-day technical challenges. Fraud and abuse approaches need to shift over time, depending on the current behaviors of fraudsters. As an Economy Fraud engineer, you will be in a data-driven environment developing both classical and novel approaches to detect and prevent this bad behavior.

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