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Scala Developer

AT Riskified
Riskified

Scala Developer

Tel Aviv, Israel

About Us

Riskified empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by taking risk off the table. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified’s AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Booking.com, Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more.

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We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day. 

About the Role

As a Backend developer at Riskified’s Applications group, you’ll become a valuable member of an innovative and fast-growing department, working in a truly Agile environment utilizing cutting-edge technologies.

You will build generic services and infrastructure libs supporting our fraud management products that help our clients as well as our internal departments to expand Riskified’s ecosystem and make an impact on our business daily.

Our team develops high-quality backend solutions, delivered as generic infrastructure libs or services. These in turn translate into increasing velocity and quality for product-oriented teams.

We believe that developers should take full ownership of their work: from the initial feature planning phase alongside Product and Design; choosing the right technologies, designing the code and architecture; coding; PRing; and all the way to actual deployment in CI/CD environment, as well as post-deployment monitoring. It is all your responsibility.

Whether you enjoy writing complex business logic in the backend or tweaking the servers and infrastructure to perform well at scale, we encourage you to get your hands dirty end-to-end.

Our Stack: Scala, Cats Effect, AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Postgres, Elasticsearch, Aerospike, Snowflake, Airflow. Grafana, ArgoCD and more.

Qualifications

  • B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Over 5 years of demonstrated hands-on experience in server-side coding
  • 4+ years of experience with Scala or equivalent knowledge in Kotlin/Haskell/Rust
  • Familiar with microservice architecture, k8s as well as data-related tools like Databricks, Spark and Kafka
  • Proficient in database technologies (SQL/NoSQL)
  • Familiarity with stream applications is advantageous
  • An autodidactic approach to software development
  • A team player with strong communication skills, but also capable of working independently

Join us in shaping the future of Riskified’s innovative FinTech solutions, contributing to our cutting-edge environment while honing your skills as a Backend Developer. If you’re ready to take on  impactful challenges and excel in a collaborative, forward-thinking team, we encourage you to apply.

Life at Riskified

We are a fast-growing and dynamic tech company with 750+ team members globally. We value collaboration and innovative thinking. We’re looking for bright, driven, and passionate people to grow with us.

Our Tel-Aviv team is currently working in a hybrid of remote and in-office work. We have recently moved to our new space in Tel Aviv - check it out here

Some of our Tel Aviv Benefits & Perks:

  • Equity for all employees, Keren Hishtalmut, pension
  • Private medical insurance, extra time off for parents and caregivers
  • Commuter and parking benefits
  • Team events, fully-stocked kitchen,lunch stipend, happy hours, yoga, pilates, functional training, basketball, soccer
  • Wide-ranging opportunities to volunteer and make an impact
  • Commitment to your professional development with global onboarding, skills-based courses, full access to Udemy, lunch & learns
  • Awesome Riskified gifts and swag! 

In the News

Geektime: Riskified Goes Public

Walla!: Happy Hour at the Riskified Offices

Geektime Insider: A look at Riskified Tel Aviv

Globes: Riskified to contribute the highest amount up to date to Tmura

Globes: Riskified is among Israel’s fastest growing companies 

TechCrunch: Riskified Prevents Fraud on Your Favorite E-commerce Site

Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Client-provided location(s): Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Job ID: 7756102002
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • FSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Pension
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Lunch and Learns
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Founder led

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