Staff Engineer

Forter provides trust-based decisions for digital commerce, processing over $250B in e-commerce transactions annually.
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Staff Software Engineer
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501 - 1,000 Employees
AI · Finance · Cybersecurity...

Description For Staff Engineer

Forter, a leader in digital commerce trust, is seeking a Staff Engineer for their Brain team. This role is crucial in ensuring the core decision systems provide accurate decisions within tight time constraints. The ideal candidate will have broad experience in building scalable and resilient systems, with a focus on reliability, latency, and security.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Acting as a technical leader for product definitions
  • Designing and building the core decision system
  • Optimizing latency while improving precision
  • Leading observability solutions for distributed systems
  • Mentoring senior engineers

The role requires strong programming skills in languages like Python, Java, Kotlin, NodeJS, Go, Scala, Haskell, Ruby, or PHP. Experience with large-scale production systems, technologies like Storm and Spark, various databases, and AWS or other public clouds is essential.

Forter processes e-commerce transactions worth over $250B annually, making billions of critical decisions. The company operates on thousands of machines across multiple regions and clouds, serving enterprise customers. This role offers the opportunity to work with sensitive information to catch fraudsters and ensure frictionless consumer experiences.

Forter has a strong company culture, evidenced by multiple workplace and innovation awards. They value trust, diversity, and unique perspectives. The company has raised $525 million from investors and serves major clients like Nordstrom, Priceline, Instacart, and ASOS.

Join Forter to be part of a team that's shaping the future of digital commerce security and trust.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Staff Engineer

  • Act as a technical leader for product definitions
  • Design and build the core decision system
  • Optimize latency while improving precision
  • Lead and create observability solutions for distributed systems
  • Create automatic alerts for latency changes or spikes
  • Lead Forter's complex core decisioning topology
  • Mentor senior engineers

Requirements For Staff Engineer

Python
Java
Kotlin
Node.js
Go
Scala
Ruby
PHP
Redis
MySQL
MongoDB
Cassandra
  • Strong Python / Java / Kotlin / NodeJS / Go / Scala / Haskell / Ruby / PHP skills
  • Experience in designing and building large-scale production systems
  • Familiarity with Storm, Spark, Event Sourcing, DLQ, and Circuit Breakers
  • Experience with databases like Elasticsearch, Redis, MySQL, Aerospike, Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB
  • Experience with AWS or other public clouds
  • Experience with docker or other container management platforms
  • Experience with observability / APM systems like Honeycomb, Datadog

Benefits For Staff Engineer

  • Great Place to Work Certification
  • Fortune's Best Workplaces in NYC
  • Fast Company's Most Innovative Finance Companies
  • Forbes Cloud 100
  • SAP Pinnacle Awards
  • Fintech Breakthrough Awards

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