About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Retail Office Equipment, E-Learning Providers, Professional Training and Coaching.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is hiring a Software Engineer II to help protect customers from account takeover (ATO) and other fraud through rules, backend services, and close collaboration with policy and analytics partners. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on fraud decisioning and production reliability.

• Author, maintain, and optimize fraud rules and policies across real-time fraud decisioning engines to improve detection precision and reduce friction for legitimate customers
• Design, implement, and ship backend features, API changes, and integrations in the fraud-prevention stack
• Produce production-quality code, automated tests, and CI/CD artifacts; participate in code reviews and design docs to raise engineering quality
• Use AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, etc.) as part of your workflow to accelerate rule authoring and service development — always verify and test outputs before release
• Translate policy and analytics requirements into precise, testable rule logic; tune thresholds, fraud signals, and link-analysis weights
• Run pre-release validation (silent/shadow mode), manage safe rollouts and change approvals, and operate artifact-deployment tooling
• Monitor services in production, participate in on-call rotations, and rapidly resolve incidents using observability dashboards and alerts
• Collaborate closely with Policy, Analytics, Data Science, and Product teams to respond to emerging fraud attacks and iterate on detection coverage

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Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience contributing to backend services (SWE2 level)
• Strong experience designing and building RESTful APIs and API integrations
• Experience with database technologies (relational and/or NoSQL)
• Familiarity with a server framework such as Spring MVC (preferred), Express, or Django
• Hands-on experience with production services: deployment, testing, observability, and on-call support
• Proficiency in a server-side language — especially Java (primary stack); Python or Node.js are also valuable
• Proficiency with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, etc.) and the judgment to validate their output
• Solid grasp of Agile development, object-oriented design, and engineering best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication; proven collaboration with cross-functional partners
• Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-moving environment

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Preferred

• Experience converting fraud or risk policy into rule logic, or working with risk decisioning, case-disposition, or trust & safety systems
• Experience contributing to backend services at scale — reliability, performance, and design
• Familiarity with business rules engines (e.g., Drools) and authoring/debugging rule sets
• Exposure to formal release/change-management processes and observability tooling
• Interest in fraud prevention, trust & safety, or risk systems

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Compensation & Benefits

• Employment type: CONTRACTOR
• Pay range (hourly): $58.00 — $68.25 per hour. This range reflects the employer’s good-faith estimate at time of posting; actual pay may vary based on experience, location, and other lawful factors.
• Benefits (per client policy): medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA/FSA where eligible, 401(k) where applicable, life/disability insurance, paid time off for salaried personnel (hourly eligibility depends on contract and law).
• No bonus, incentive, or commission for this role per the source posting.

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Location & Legal

• Job location: New York, NY, United States (onsite or as specified by the client)
• Confidential Client and Careertakes are committed to lawful, non-discriminatory hiring practices across all U.S. jurisdictions. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to protected characteristics.
• Use of AI: To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI-assisted tools may be used for application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making; final hiring decisions are made by people.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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