Senior Software Engineer, Internal Fraud Platform

Cloudflare, Inc

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San Francisco, CA
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3 days ago
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Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Internal Fraud Platform

Senior Software Engineer, Internal Fraud Platform joins the Internal Fraud Platform team as the founding engineer to build infrastructure protecting the company from fraudulent signups, payment fraud, and account takeovers. This role serves as the connective tissue between internal systems and fraud detection capabilities by designing and operating services that ingest events from billing, signup, and support systems. The engineer will develop data pipelines, integrate machine learning models into production, and create investigation tools for Trust & Safety and Finance analysts. Key technical requirements include experience with distributed systems, backend services, Kafka or Pub/Sub event pipelines, RESTful APIs, and SQL databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL. The role addresses the critical business problem of mitigating revenue loss and operational overhead caused by fraud while establishing foundational architecture patterns and engineering standards for a growing team.

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What you'll do

  • Design and operate services that ingest fraud-relevant events from internal systems like billing and support.
  • Build data pipelines to deliver event data and contextual features for machine learning models.
  • Develop internal tools and workflows for analysts to investigate flagged accounts and take action.
  • Manage projects end-to-end from initial problem definition through implementation and operation.
  • Build fault-tolerant systems that handle high volumes of fraud signals without loss or duplication.
  • Establish architecture patterns, tooling choices, and engineering standards as a founding engineer on the team.
  • Translate requirements from cross-functional teams into technical specifications for fraud detection capabilities.

What we're looking for

  • Five or more years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience building and operating distributed systems or backend services in production.
  • Experience designing and building data or event pipelines using Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar technologies.
  • Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, service security, and standards such as OpenAPI, OAuth, or JWT.
  • Working knowledge of SQL, data modeling, and relational databases like PostgreSQL or MySQL.
  • Ability to own ambiguous, 0-to-1 projects with limited existing infrastructure.
  • Experience in fraud, risk, trust & safety, or payments engineering (preferred).
  • Export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

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