Staff Engineer, Cyber Fraud

Shipt

. Architect, build, and deploy mission critical APIs and services while ensuring high code quality, security, and scalability .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $95,800 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend engineering with a focus on API development, integrations, and fraud detection solutions. Proficient in utilizing observability tools and collaborating across teams to enhance service performance and reliability.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Backend Engineering ExperienceAPI DevelopmentGolang, Javascript, Python ExpertisePostgreSQL and Snowflake ProficiencyObservability Tools Experience

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Hard Skills

API DevelopmentBackend EngineeringGolangJavascriptPythonPostgreSQLSnowflakeKafkaAWS SNS/SQSVersion Control (Git, GitHub)

Soft Skills

Technical MentorshipCollaborationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

DataDogGrafanaPrometheus

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Industry Keywords

Cyber FraudFraud DetectionReal-Time IntegrationsMachine Learning ModelsObservability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSGrafanaJavaScriptKafkaPostgresPrometheusPythonSnowflakeGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect, build, and deploy mission critical APIs and services while ensuring high code quality, security, and scalability
Create low latency integrations that detect and address realtime fraud and abuse across Shipt’s ecosystem
Work closely with Data Science partners to design and expand upon comprehensive in-house rules engines and ML models
Generate high-quality proposals for implementation based on thorough research and discovery efforts
Implement and utilize logging, metrics, and alerting to ensure service performance and reliability
Create and maintain high fidelity artifacts, such as documentation, diagrams, and data models
Act as primary subject matter expert for the Cyber Fraud team, collaborating with Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Operations across the Fraud organization
Lead architectural design reviews and provide technical mentorship to junior and senior engineers
Participate in on-call duties, including responding to incidents, debugging issues, and supporting ad-hoc fraud consultation requests
Proactively identify and analyze fraud vectors, proposing sophisticated engineering solutions with minimal negative impact to end users
Play an active role in AI acceleration and adoption within and across teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 8+ years of experience in backend engineering
Expert in backend languages such as Golang, Javascript, or Python
Proven expertise in API development and integrations
Extensive experience with version control tools such as Git and GitHub
Strong skills in data storage, retrieval, and analysis using PostgreSQL and Snowflake
Proven experience in working with 3rd party vendor integrations
Experience with messaging frameworks such as Kafka or AWS SNS/SQS
Experience with observability tools such as DataDog, Grafana, and Prometheus
Expert at identifying and optimizing inefficient code, database queries, and network requests
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience | Required
Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement in Birmingham, AL or Minneapolis, MN, with specified in-office expectations

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision and more
401k plan
Discretionary vacation for exempt team members
Paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Paid sick leave
Eligibility for an annual bonus
Potential for restricted stock units based on role
Hybrid work arrangement with continued flexibility