Member Of Technical Staff - X Money, Fraud And Payments
xAI
New York, NY, USA
$180,000 - $440,000 usd py
On-site
Fraud detection and prevention systems
Risk scoring engines
Anomaly detection pipelines
We are looking for an exceptional Software Engineer to focus on Fraud Engineering for a new payments platform being built at X which serves 600 million+ monthly users
Job Summary
We are looking for an exceptional Software Engineer to focus on Fraud Engineering for a new payments platform being built at X which serves 600 million+ monthly users.
You’ll play a key role in designing and implementing systems to detect, prevent, and mitigate fraud in real time—at scale.
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.
Matching Summary
We are looking for an exceptional Software Engineer to focus on Fraud Engineering for a new payments platform being built at X which serves 600 million+ monthly users.
Salary
$180,000 - $440,000 USD
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Fraud detection and prevention systems
Risk scoring engines
Anomaly detection pipelines
Real-time enforcement mechanisms
Distributed systems at scale
Security-conscious engineering
Nice-to-have
Machine learning for fraud
AML/KYC regulations
Fintech experience
Zero-to-one environment
Golang, Postgres, Kafka, Memcached
Key Requirements
7+ years of backend or systems engineering
Exposure to fraud, risk, or abuse prevention systems
Resilient, high-throughput systems experience
Understanding of threat models
Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced environments