Staff Engineer, User Trust

Responsibilities

• Build systems and experiences for user privacy, compliance, account access, KYC, risk scoring, login, account recovery, and fraud prevention.
• Design and implement complex systems at the intersection of security, legal & compliance, risk, and product engineering.
• Guide team's full stack development practices and collaborate with senior engineering leaders.

Requirements

• Experience designing, building, and operating systems for fraud detection, prevention, or risk mitigation in high-trust environments.
• Familiarity with building customer-facing and internal tools requiring strong reliability, auditability, and risk handling.
• Exposure to identity, access, privacy, compliance, financial workflows, or trust-critical user experiences.
• Track record balancing user experience, business goals, and control frameworks in scalable fullstack systems.
• Proven experience scoping, building, and leading technical projects from discovery through release.
• Experience in at least one server-side language (Ruby, Java, C#, C++, Python; we use Ruby on Rails).
• Experience building interactive web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks (we use React).
• Strong understanding of technical design, architecture, and complexity in web applications.
• Experience gathering inputs, building consensus, and making technical decisions inclusively.
• Effective communication with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Commitment to upskilling teammates through feedback, pairing, and mentorship.
• Passion for software engineering, agility, pragmatism, automated tests, and shipping without compromising quality.

Compensation

New York City: $200,000 - $238,000
Competitive equity package, health/dental/vision benefits, 401(k) match, flexible PTO, potential incentive bonus.