Senior Software Engineer, Risk Engineering (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer, Risk Engineering (Fintech): Spearheading implementation of platforms and APIs for risk management, including core rules engine, event data stream ingestion, and A/B testing for fraud detection with an accent on credit and fraud risk mitigation. Focus on building machine learning solutions, 24/7 high-scale APIs, and distributed systems using Java Spring Boot on AWS.

Remote (U.S. only). Roles in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid with 2-3 days per week on-site; relocation assistance may be available for candidates outside these areas.

Company

hirify.global is a growth-stage NYC-headquartered FinTech company building the best rent payment experience, enabling hirify.globalible rent payments to fit users' finances.

What you will do

• Build rules engine and machine learning solutions to mitigate business risks including credit and fraud.
• Design and develop high-scale APIs and distributed systems on AWS using Java Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to launch features across web and mobile platforms.
• Work on core rules engine for decision management, event stream ingestion for real-time fraud rules, and A/B testing with greedy algorithms.

Requirements

• 6+ years experience; proficient in Java frameworks including Spring (core/web/boot), Gradle, JUnit, JVM tuning.
• Experience with SOA, REST APIs, message queues, scalable architectures.
• Experience with AWS (EKS, Aurora RDS, Elasticache, DynamoDB) and containerization.

Nice to have

• CI/CD (GitHub Actions), git, automation.
• Observability tools like DataDog.
• Big data platforms like Snowflake.
• Infrastructure as Code (CDK, Terraform).
• Mentoring juniors and elevating team standards.
• Strong cross-functional communication.

Culture & Benefits

• Diverse, inclusive team with employees across US, Australia, Canada, South America.
• For US full-time: competitive medical/dental/vision, equity, 401(k) match, unlimited PTO + 13 holidays, parental leave, pet adoption coverage, free hirify.global subscription.
• For non-US full-time: competitive compensation + equity, unlimited PTO.