Software Engineer II - Risk & Fraud

DescriptionWhat we’re looking forWe are hiring a mid-level Software Engineer to contribute to our Risk/Fraud development team to manage risk and mitigate financial fraud, with the goal of reducing AppFolio’s overall risk exposure. The responsibilities include building real-time monitoring systems to reduce risk and detect anomalies, prototyping, and developing algorithms to understand our data, and working closely with our anti-fraud team to build tools to detect and investigate fraud across AppFolio’s entire suite of products.This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has a passion for building leading-edge software and is driven to help build a successful SaaS product used by thousands of happy businesses. We foster an environment that empowers small teams to collaboratively set the technical direction of our solutions.Your impactDevelop scalable and robust Risk and Fraud infrastructure that provides outstanding tools to agents for investigating fraud events and helps Appfolio and our customers to mitigate fraud and risk at the transaction level.Collaborate with a strong cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, and operations to detect, prevent, and mitigate fraud.Use test-driven development, code reviews, and continuous integration to deliver high-quality software, and rapidly fix bugs as they come up.Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from other engineering team members, QA, and product owners.Leverage agile practices in start-up mode, encourage collaboration, prioritization, and urgency to develop at a rapid pace.Research, share, and recommend new technologies and trends.Must haveBS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline.4+ years of software engineering experience.Experience in payment processing.Experience in risk management and the compliance domain.Proven experience working across all levels of the development stack.Strong familiarity with Agile software development processes: Scrum or Kanban.Strong familiarity with Test-Driven-Development.Creativity, ability to solve complex problems without a roadmap.You love learning about new technologies, but understand the value of continuing to use something old if it still does everything you need it to do.You care about the long-term maintainability of the codebase and will learn to advocate for refactoring and clean-ups where appropriate.You care about work-life balance and want your company to care about it too; you'll put in the extra hour when needed but won't let it become a habit.Nice to haveExperience building streaming systems with large amounts of data and complex aggregation logic.Experience deploying machine learning models at scale.Experience working on a fraud detection and prevention system.Experience with some areas of our tech like Ruby on Rails, React, Redux, AWS, SOA.Compensation & BenefitsThe base salary/hourly wage that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is $106,000 - $150,000. The actual base salary/hourly wage for this role will be determined by various factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s skills, education, experience, etc.Please note that base pay is one important aspect of a compelling Total Rewards package. The base pay range indicated here does not include any additional benefits or bonuses that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type.Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits including but not limited to:Paid Time Off (PTO).Medical, dental, and vision benefits.Long-term and short-term disability insurance.401(k).Wellness benefits.Why AppFolioGrow | We enable a culture of high performance, where delivering results is recognized by opportunities for growth and compelling total rewards. Our challenging and meaningful work drive the growth of our business, and ourselves.Learn | We partner with you to realize your potential by investing in you from the start. We're cultivating a team of big thinkers through coaching and mentorship with our best-in-class leaders, and giving you the time and tools to develop your skills.Impact | We are creating a world where living in, investing in, managing, and supporting communities feels magical and effortless, freeing people to thrive. We do this by innovating with purpose while cultivating a culture of impact. We learn as much from each other as we do our customers and our communities.Connect | We excel at hybrid work by fostering an environment that feels flexible, personal and connected, no matter where we are. We create space to fuel innovation and collaboration, and we come together to celebrate, connect, and succeed.Paddle as One.Learn more at appfolio.com/company/careersStatement of Equal OpportunityAt AppFolio, we value diversity in backgrounds and perspectives and depend on it to drive our innovative culture. That’s why we’re a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that our products, our teams, and our business are stronger because of it. This means that no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status, you’re always welcome at AppFolio.

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