Engineering Team Lead (Identity Verification) at Transmit Security (Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel)

Transmit Security· Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel·6h ago

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Lead

Job description

We offer the industry’s only platform that seamlessly integrates customer identity and anti-fraud solutions, including identity management, identity verification, and fraud prevention.

Our solutions serve industries with large consumer-facing businesses, such as banking, financial services, insurance, fintech, gaming, e-commerce/retail, telecommunications/media, and utilities.

About the Group:

The Identity Verification group delivers cutting-edge, cross-platform SaaS solutions that help businesses seamlessly verify their users. These solutions leverage advanced AI, machine learning, and computer vision models to enable secure and reliable document-based identity verification.

About the Role :

You’ll lead a talented team of engineers working across multiple technology stacks, driving innovative solutions that shape the future of digital identity and customer trust.

What You’ll Do :

Lead a talented team of engineers, mentor and grow them.
Drive the design, architecture, and delivery of complex SaaS features — across backend, web, and mobile.
Collaborate with Product, UX, and Data Science to deliver impact.
Oversee production systems in high-scale, mission-critical environments.
Champion best practices and foster a “can-do” engineering culture.

What You’ll Need :

5+ years as a software engineer, 3+ years leading teams.
Hands-on experience with modern web stacks (React, Node.js, Java, .NET Core, or Scala).
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure).
Proven record of leading projects end-to-end in a fast-moving environment.
A passion for building systems that scale, perform, and make a difference.
(Bonus) Background in cybersecurity, AI, or computer vision.

If you’re passionate about building scalable systems that protect millions of users — and want to work with top engineers on cutting-edge security tech — this is your place.

#LI-AM1 #LI-Hybrid

Why work at Transmit Security

Culture: Focus on innovation in a challenging, fast-paced security domain. Employee rating 3.7/5 on LinkedIn (182 reviews), with strongest marks for compensation (3.9) and career growth (3.7).
Work model: Hybrid/office presence required in Tel Aviv and Boston hubs; operates in 19 countries.
Engineering culture: Strong emphasis on R&D – 37% of employees are in technical roles. Teams work on cutting-edge AI, fraud detection, and identity security.
Perks: Not explicitly detailed, but competitive compensation suggests typical startup/scale-up benefits (equity, health, etc.).
Growth opportunity: 28 active job postings (as of mid-2026) with high year-over-year hiring growth (+64.7%), indicating expansion.

About Transmit Security

Company Overview

One-liner: Transmit Security provides a unified platform for customer identity management, fraud prevention, and identity verification, enabling businesses to build secure, end-to-end digital identity journeys.
Entity Type: Private (Series A, raised $583M total)
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel (dual headquarters also in Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Founded: 2014
Founders: Mickey Boodaei and Rakesh Loonkar

Core Business

Primary industries: Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management, Fraud Prevention, Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Target customers: B2B, primarily large enterprises in banking, insurance, retail, and healthcare
Mission/purpose: To give businesses the modern tools they need to build secure, trusted and end-to-end digital identity journeys to innovate and grow.

Products & Services

Mosaic: Identity Orchestration: A no-code, drag-and-drop platform to build, test, and optimize user journeys across identity, authentication, fraud, and verification processes. Supports journey-time orchestration for both human and machine identities. (Type: SaaS platform)
Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM): AI-driven solution for managing customer identities, authentication, and authorization.
Fraud Detection & Response: Real-time fraud prevention engine using machine learning and behavioral analytics to detect account takeover, payment fraud, and identity fraud.
Identity Verification: Automated verification of identities using document checks, biometrics, and liveness detection.
AI-Driven Threat Intelligence: Dark web research and threat intelligence to identify emerging attack patterns.

Market Standing

Valuation: Not publicly disclosed
Key Metrics:
- Annual Revenue: $132.4M (estimated, per LinkedIn data)
- Total Funding: $583M (largest round: $543M Series A in June 2021)
Notable Investors/Partners: Insight Partners, General Atlantic, Citi Ventures, GS Growth, Geodesic Capital, Artisanal Ventures
Growth Signals: 265 employees (+3.2% YoY); recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management; serves organizations collectively responsible for over $3.1 trillion in annual commerce; named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Security Companies (2022)

Competitive Advantages

Unified platform: Combines customer identity, fraud prevention, and identity verification into a single orchestration layer, eliminating silos.
AI-first approach: Proprietary fraud prevention engine with high accuracy; active dark web monitoring and generative AI threat research.
No-code orchestration: Mosaic allows enterprises to rapidly build and modify identity workflows without engineering resources.
Enterprise scale: Proven in some of the world’s largest banks and insurers, handling high-volume, mission-critical identity transactions.

Strategic Focus

Expanding AI capabilities to counter generative AI-driven identity attacks (e.g., deepfakes, automated fraud).
Strengthening Access Management leadership (recent Gartner MQ Leader designation).
Growing channel and partner ecosystem (recent channel leadership appointments).
Continuing R&D in identity orchestration and machine identity protection.

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