Senior Data Analyst, Authentication Risk

Chime

Hybrid Actively hiring Posted this week
Chicago, Illinois Posted 3 days ago $185,000$185,000 / year

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TL;DR

As a Data Analyst in the Authentication Risk team, you will work to prevent Account Takeover (ATO) and reduce fraud losses by analyzing risk signals and identifying emerging attack patterns. You’ll collaborate with Product, Engineering, Analytics, DSML, and OMX teams to design data-backed controls that enhance authentication resilience while preserving user experience. Your responsibilities include developing strategies for ATO prevention, testing and deploying product changes, building dashboards for monitoring metrics like fraud losses and member impact, and conducting ad-hoc risk investigations. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in Fraud, Risk, Compliance, or Investigations with a focus on authentication-related risks, strong SQL skills, and expertise in large datasets. A background in FinTech or high-scale consumer platforms is preferred, along with a solid understanding of authentication mechanisms and industry fraud trends.

Skills

SQL Python Tableau PowerBI Kafka Hadoop AWS PostgreSQL CI/CD Git JIRA Selenium RESTful APIs JSON Scrum Agile

What you'll do

  • Analyze risk signals to identify fraud trends and abuse patterns in authentication.
  • Design, test, and deploy strategies to prevent ATO and enhance authentication resilience.
  • Build dashboards to monitor authentication health, ATO rates, and member impact metrics.
  • Support investigations into emerging threats and authentication abuse incidents.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to improve product and policy changes for security.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in Fraud, Risk, Compliance, or Investigations with ATO exposure.
  • Strong SQL skills and hands-on analytics experience in FinTech or high-scale consumer platforms.
  • Solid understanding of authentication mechanisms, account security risks, and industry fraud trends.
  • Experience developing or influencing risk strategies, policies, or controls.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a focus on data-driven problem solving.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (engineering, statistics, math, economics preferred).
  • High attention to detail and capacity for managing ambiguity under tight deadlines.

Employer

About Chime

Chime is a financial technology company offering mobile-first banking services including fee-free checking accounts, savings accounts, and a secured credit builder card through partner banks. Industry: Financial Technology & Neobanking

Chime currently has 25 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $227,000–$227,000 across 25 roles with salary data.

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