Staff Threat Analyst, Ads Fraud

What you'll do

• Formulate and execute a multi-quarter vision for advertiser fraud detection and enforcement.
• Prioritize high-impact risks including account takeover, payment fraud, cloaking, and network abuse.
• Conduct deep-dive investigations into complex fraud networks and sophisticated adversarial tactics.
• Perform root-cause analysis to map cluster infrastructure and prevent recurring abuse.
• Translate investigative findings into high-precision detection logic and automated enforcement pipelines.
• Design and standardize operational playbooks, escalation frameworks, and QA standards.
• Query petabyte-scale datasets using SQL, Python, or R to construct adversarial network graphs.
• Partner with ML teams to deploy LLM-based detection classifiers for fraud identification.

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of experience in threat intelligence, ad tech safety, trust & safety investigations, or platform integrity.
• Demonstrated 0-to-1 track record of building threat response frameworks in ambiguous environments.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, or R and big data environments to query petabyte-scale datasets.
• Experience using AI/LLMs as investigative copilots and partnering with ML teams to deploy LLM-based detection classifiers.
• Deep functional expertise in digital ad ecosystems, ad serving infrastructure, and ad-specific fraud archetypes.
• Familiarity with global ad compliance, privacy regulations, and regulatory reporting standards (preferred).