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Variance

AI agents for fraud and risk investigations

cybersecuritySan Francisco, CA51-200Series AOnsiteFounded 2023
About

Variance builds AI agents that automate fraud detection, identity verification, and compliance investigations like KYC, AML for Fortune 500s and financial institutions. The agents gather evidence from multiple sources, reason over workflows, and provide auditable decisions, reducing investigation times significantly. This enables teams to handle billions of events at scale amid rising AI-powered fraud.

Tech stack
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonReactNext.jsMySQLClickHouseGongJavaSQLAWSGCPAzureDASTGoLinuxKubernetes
Perks & benefits
Unlimited PTOPlatinum health insurance401kCatered mealsWellness stipendCommuter benefits
Open roles 11

Product Designer

Own end-to-end product design for AI-powered fraud, risk, and compliance workflows. Requires 4-8 years of B2B SaaS or enterprise design experience, strong systems thinking, and the ability to simplify complex technical experiences.

San Francisco, CAProduct DesignOn-site4+ YOEAI/MLWireframing

Product Marketing Lead

Leads product marketing by defining company positioning, crafting messaging for technical AI products, driving launches, creating sales materials, and conducting market research for B2B SaaS GTM. Requires 4-8 years experience distilling complex tech into executive narratives.

San Francisco, CAProduct MarketingOn-site4+ YOEAI/MLMessaging

Enterprise Account Executive

Owns enterprise sales of AI-powered fraud and risk mitigation SaaS to large platforms, driving ARR through outbound prospecting, complex deal management, and navigating security cycles. Requires 3-6 years quota-carrying experience with 100%+ attainment on high-ACV deals.

New York, NYAccount ExecutiveOn-site3+ YOEGongAPIs

Research Engineer, Evals

Build benchmarks, datasets, and evaluation systems to measure and improve AI model quality for fraud, identity, and risk judgment tasks. Collaborate across research, engineering, and product to drive rigorous experimentation and iteration in high-stakes environments.

250k – 400kSan Francisco, CAML EngineeringOn-siteLLMsPython

Enterprise Sales Engineer

Leads technical discovery, designs demos, builds proof-of-concepts, and addresses technical objections in pre-sales for enterprise AI customers in fraud/risk. Requires 5+ years sales engineering experience, strong coding in Python/Java/TypeScript, and deep knowledge of LLMs/GenAI.

San Francisco, CASales EngineeringOn-site5+ YOEJavaAPIs

Research Engineer, Judgment Systems

Research Engineer designs evaluations, studies model failures, and builds research loops to improve AI agents for high-stakes fraud detection and judgment tasks. Requires ML training experience, experimental rigor, and strong engineering skills in adversarial environments.

250k – 400kSan Francisco, CAML EngineeringOn-siteLLMsPython

Software Engineer

Build and ship full-stack features end-to-end for AI agents handling high-stakes fraud detection and risk investigations. Requires 1-3 years experience, comfort with React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, ClickHouse, and thriving in fast-paced environments.

160k – 250kSan Francisco, CAFullstack EngineeringOn-site1+ YOEReactMySQL

Senior Software Engineer

Builds and owns AI-powered systems for fraud and risk detection end-to-end, from backend architecture to UI. Requires 4+ years experience, strong fundamentals in React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, ClickHouse, and ability to lead technical decisions at scale.

200k – 400kSan Francisco, CAFullstack EngineeringOn-site4+ YOEReactMySQL

Technical Account Manager

Serves as trusted technical advisor for enterprise customers post-deployment, resolving complex issues with APIs/integrations, monitoring account health, and driving adoption. Requires 4+ years in technical customer-facing roles, bachelor's in CS/engineering, and strong troubleshooting skills.

San Francisco, CA +1Customer SuccessOn-site4+ YOESQLAPIs

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Builds and integrates GenAI-powered agentic workflows for enterprise customers handling risk, fraud, and identity reviews at massive scale. Serves as primary technical contact, requiring strong coding skills in Python/Java/TypeScript and deep LLM/GenAI expertise.

San Francisco, CASolutions ArchitectureOn-siteJavaLLMs