Senior Software Engineer ll, Decision Engineering at Forter

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forter is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Decision Engineering team. The group is responsible for the real-time, low-latency infrastructure that powers Forter’s fraud decisions and external APIs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our systems process billions of requests every day, ensuring high availability, security, and performance at global scale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this role, you’ll work on core backend components such as our decision engine, ingestion and enrichment pipelines, schema management systems, and self-serve API platform. The software you build will power critical business decisions and directly serve some of the world’s largest merchants.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a high-impact, high-ownership position for an engineer who thrives on solving complex distributed systems challenges, cares deeply about production-grade quality, and wants to shape the foundation of Forter’s decisioning platform.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you'll be doing:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design, build, and scale backend systems that power Forter’s real-time decisioning and APIs.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own projects end-to-end -&nbsp;from design and implementation to production rollout and monitoring.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ensure systems are low-latency, fault-tolerant, and high-throughput across distributed environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enhance observability, reliability, and developer experience through strong operational and tooling practices.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with Product, analysts, data scientists, and infrastructure teams to drive innovation across Forter’s decision ecosystem.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Participate in technical discussions and customer interactions, providing expertise and clear communication when supporting enterprise integrations.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you'll need:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">6+ years of experience building backend systems in large-scale production environments</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Kotlin, or Node.js</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proven ability to design and maintain high-scale distributed systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong sense of ownership, autonomy, and accountability</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex systems clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences — including direct collaboration with customers worldwide</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It'd be cool if you also have:&nbsp;</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with API Gateway architectures, schema/versioning strategies, or platformization efforts</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with real-time data processing frameworks (e.g., Flink, Storm) and resilience patterns</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Background working alongside data science or machine learning teams</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contributions to developer platforms, infrastructure services, or internal tools improving engineering velocity</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About us:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve.&nbsp; Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Trust is backed by data –&nbsp; Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, <a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7039960">2025</a>)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023, 2024 and <a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-workplaces/new-york/2024?category=small-and-medium">2025</a>)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022, 2023,&nbsp;</span>2024 and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/?sh=5675f5797d9c">2025</a>)</li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (<a href="https://www.payments-awards.com/awards/winners24.php">2024</a>)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Life as a Forterian:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>We are a team of over 600 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Adobe, ASOS, eBay, Instacart, Priceline and Nordstrom can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.</span></p> <div> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.</span></p> <span id="m_3593400593272708389gmail-docs-internal-guid-2d9065a4-7fff-73d5-abb3-44e64c8985b3" style="font-size: 12pt;">If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>. 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