Senior Backend Developer

About Us

Riskified empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by taking risk off the table. Many of the world's biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified's AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more.

We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day.

About the Role

Join our dynamic team in the payment fraud group as a Backend Developer, where you'll contribute to building impactful FinTech products in a rapidly expanding department. In this role, you'll thrive in an Agile environment, utilizing cutting-edge technologies to develop and optimize scalable systems. You'll play an essential role in enhancing our ecosystem, collaborating with internal teams to deliver results that make a daily difference in our operations.

We believe in empowering developers to take full ownership of their work. As a Backend Developer, you'll be involved in all stages of the development lifecycle—from collaborating with Product and Design teams during the planning phase to selecting the most suitable technologies, designing code and architecture, reviewing pull requests, and deploying within a CI/CD setup. Post-deployment monitoring and troubleshooting will also be part of your learning journey.

If you enjoy working with complex backend systems, writing clean and maintainable code, or optimizing server performance at scale, this is the perfect opportunity to dive deep into the end-to-end development process and grow your expertise

Our Technology Stack:
Scala, Ruby on Rails, , React, AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spark, Aerospike

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** Please note that the final title and seniority level will be determined by the company based on our evaluation during the recruitment process and the candidate's experience**

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and maintain scalable backend architectures that support applied machine learning platforms and other data-driven systems.
• Build and optimize real-time and batch processing systems using typed functional programming languages such as Scala or Java.
• Collaborate with team members to design, implement, and maintain backend components in cloud-based environments.
• Participate in daily code reviews, testing, and deployments, contributing to a reliable CI/CD pipeline.
• Work closely with senior engineers to enhance system performance and ensure code quality.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues with a focus on reliability and scalability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience, specifically with typed functional programming languages (e.g., Scala, Java).
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

• Solid understanding of database technologies (SQL and noSQL).

• Familiarity with distributed systems and stream processing technologies (e.g., Apache Kafka, Spark) is a plus.

• Strong commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Eagerness to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Git is advantageous.

Soft Skills
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• Fluent in English, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid environment, combining remote (Zoom) and in-person collaboration.
• A proactive team player with a problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn from feedback.

As Backend Engineer, you'll work on impactful and challenging projects that leverage your skills in typed functional programming. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with experienced engineers, grow your expertise in cloud-based development, and contribute to innovative systems that drive real-world results.

Life at Riskified

We are a fast-growing and dynamic tech company with 750+ team members globally. We value collaboration and innovative thinking.

We're looking for bright, driven, and passionate people to grow with us.

Some of our Lisbon Benefits & Perks:

• Hybrid mode of work
• Flexible schedule
• Recharge weekends
• Healthcare & dental benefits
• Fully-stocked kitchens
• Commuter benefits
• Benefits package per month—per your choice, e.g., work-from-home equipment, gym membership, wellbeing activities, and more.
• Wellness program
• Celebrations and activities
• Team events
• Happy hours
• Awesome Riskified gifts and swags
• Volunteer programs
• Personal development
• Global onboarding
• Role-based technical skills training
• Full access to Udemy

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Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.