--- title: 'Senior Software Engineer II at Signifyd' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-ii-signifyd-united-states-jqpktk4txcjp' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Senior Software Engineer II at Signifyd - **Company:** Signifyd - **Location:** United States - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-07-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/signifyd95/jobs/8046396 ## Job description At Signifyd, we help merchants confidently grow their businesses by building trusted relationships with their customers. Our advanced technology, combined with a team genuinely invested in our clients’ success, creates frictionless shopping experiences, approving more good orders, protecting revenue, and keeping customers happy. Trusted by thousands of leading merchants across more than 100 countries, we securely process billions of transactions each year. Our people are the heart of everything we do, driving our mission forward with commitment, empathy, and creativity. Join us on our mission to empower confident, fraud-free commerce by helping online retailers provide superior customer experiences and eliminate fraud. Learn about our company values [here](https://www.signifyd.com/about/#values)! Department: Engineering The Engineering organization at Signifyd is at the forefront of building solutions that protect and empower global commerce. We pride ourselves on delivering highly scalable, robust systems that evolve with our customers' needs, from emerging startups to enterprise-level organizations processing millions of transactions. Our engineers thrive in an innovative environment where rapid iteration and continuous learning drive our success. We embrace modern development practices, leverage cloud-native technologies, and maintain a customer-obsessed mindset to ensure our solutions anticipate tomorrow's challenges. Strong partnerships with Product and Data Science ensure every technical decision is aligned with delivering maximum value and driving meaningful business outcomes. ## The Role We are looking for a senior back-end engineer who is passionate about designing and building world-class services. As a member of the Integrations & Onboarding team, you will own the public-facing API platform and ingestion services that retailers use to integrate with Signifyd and onboard to production. We seek an experienced engineer with a track record of building innovative, highly-scalable products who can understand key system requirements, design elegant solutions, and work with other engineers and managers to architect and lay out the work. ## Responsibilities - Design, build, and deliver large-scale and real-time systems with high quality, scalability, and operability in mind. - Collaborate with product management, data engineering, and other engineering teams to bring end-to-end solutions to our customers. - Review and provide feedback on technical designs and code changes to engineering peers. - Proactively identify areas of technical debt and propose solutions to address them. - Take operational ownership of the system by using monitoring and observability tools to identify and respond to issues. - Mentor and coach team members to raise the technical bar on the team. ## Requirements - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - Significant experience in software development with modern programming languages, experience programming in a functional style. - Track record of leading the design and delivery of large, ambiguous projects end to end, and influencing technical direction beyond your own team. - Strong software design and architecture skills, including designing for scalability, performance, and reliability of high-traffic systems. - Experience building distributed systems or public-facing/platform APIs. - Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP. - Ability to effectively communicate with engineers and non-engineers alike. - You use modern AI development tools fluently to ship faster without sacrificing quality. This means practical experience with AI coding assistants, understanding how to provide effective context, and critically evaluating generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, and long-term code quality. ## Our Stack - Java, SQL, gRPC, HTTP/REST - Kubernetes, Docker, Linux - Cassandra, Pub/Sub, Bigtable, Databricks #LI-Remote Benefits in our US offices: - Discretionary Time Off Policy (Unlimited!) - 401K Match - Stock Options - Annual Performance Bonus or Commissions - Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks) - On-Demand Therapy for all employees & their dependents - Dedicated learning budget through Learnerbly - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Flexible Spending Account (FSA) - Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance - Life Insurance - Company Social Events - Signifyd Swag Compensation: In the United States, each work location is assigned a specific pay zone, which determines the salary range for a given position. The starting base salary for the selected candidate will be based on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, geographic location, and current market conditions. Base Salary Ranges by Pay Zone: - Tier 1 (NYC/SF Bay Area/Seattle): $190,000 – $220,000 annually - Tier 2 (DC Metro/Austin/Chicago/Denver/Boston/Los Angeles/San Diego): $180,000 – $210,000 annually - Tier 3 (US - All Other): $170,000 – $200,000 annually Equity: This role is eligible for a stock option grant of 6000 stock options, based on the position level and internal compensation guidelines. Bonus: This role is eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 10% of base salary. We want to provide an inclusive interview experience for all, including people with disabilities. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to candidates in need of individualized support during the hiring process. [Signifyd's Applicant Privacy Notice](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HSnMY6HGjB1FNRX4Ez9bUre5mrPPcHIq/view?usp=sharing) ## About Signifyd ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Signifyd provides an end-to-end Commerce Protection Platform that leverages machine learning to guarantee merchants against fraud and consumer abuse, offering a 100% financial guarantee on shipment decisions. - **Entity Type**: Private (venture‑backed) - **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, USA - **Founded**: Not publicly available on the company site - **Founders**: Mike Liberty and Rajesh Ramanand (Co‑Founder & CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: E‑commerce fraud prevention and chargeback guarantee - **Target customers**: Online retailers of all sizes (B2B, B2C, enterprise, SMB) - **Mission / purpose statement**: “Empower friction‑free commerce – friction‑free customer experience without worry about fraud and consumer abuse.” ## Products & Services - **Commerce Protection Platform** – SaaS platform that uses machine learning and the Commerce Network to provide real‑time ship/don’t‑ship decisions with a 100% financial guarantee against fraud. - **Guaranteed Fraud Protection** – Flags risky orders and covers chargebacks if a fraudulent order is approved. - **Policy Abuse Prevention** – Detects and prevents abuse of return policies, promotion abuse, and unauthorized reselling. - **Return Fraud & Abuse Protection** – Identifies patterns of fraudulent returns. - **SCA Optimization** – Solutions to optimize checkout under Europe’s Strong Customer Authentication requirements. - **Financial Services Solution** – Extends fraud‑prevention technology to banks and other financial institutions. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric (Private)**: Total funding amount not available in provided sources; backed by a strong syndicate of investors. - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Premji Invest, Bain Capital Ventures, Menlo Ventures, American Express Ventures, IA Ventures, Allegis Cyber, Resolute Ventures. - **Growth Signals**: - Sales increased 7% YoY in 2024. - Fraud pressure (risky orders) rose 20% YoY in 2024. - Consumer abuse increased 23% YoY in 2024. - Named the leading provider of payment security and fraud prevention for e‑commerce’s largest brands by Digital Commerce 360 for four consecutive years. - Recognized as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in AI by Fast Company. ## Competitive Advantages - **100% financial guarantee** – If Signifyd approves an order that later results in a chargeback, Signifyd covers the loss, removing risk for merchants. - **Large Commerce Network** – Machine learning model is trained on data from thousands of stores and hundreds of millions of transactions, improving accuracy. - **End‑to‑end coverage** – Protects against fraud, policy abuse, return fraud, promo abuse, and unauthorized reselling. - **SCA compliance** – Built‑in solutions for European authentication mandates. ## Strategic Focus - **Expansion into financial services** – Bringing fraud‑prevention innovation to banks and other financial institutions. - **International growth** – Offices in Mexico City, São Paulo, Belfast, London, Budapest, Denver, and New York. - **Continuous AI improvement** – Investment in machine learning and AI to stay ahead of evolving fraud tactics. ## Why Work Here - **4‑day workweek** – All employees benefit from a reduced workweek. - **Remote‑first** – Remote work available to all employees; offices in multiple cities for those who prefer hybrid. - **Competitive compensation** – Cash + equity, generous parental leave (birth, adoption, surrogacy), on‑demand therapy, and an annual Learnerbly stipend for professional development. - **DEI focus** – Company‑wide requirement for diverse interview panels, semi‑annual gender pay equity audits, annual budgets for Employee Resource Groups, and a monthly DEI speaker series. - **Engineering culture** – Top‑flight engineering team constantly improving machine learning technology; transparent career ladders and individual development plans. - **Culture recognition** – Recognized by Forbes, Entrepreneur, Silicon Valley Business Journal, and Inc. Magazine for workplace culture. ## Sources 1. [signifyd.com/about](https://www.signifyd.com/about/) 2. [signifyd.com/careers](https://www.signifyd.com/careers/) 3. [boards.greenhouse.io/signifyd95](https://boards.greenhouse.io/signifyd95) 4. [signifyd.com/life-at-signifyd](https://www.signifyd.com/life-at-signifyd/) 5. 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