Senior Software Engineer - Risk Team

This position is open only to candidates who currently reside in one of the following approved locations:  Los Angeles, CA (will start off remote until LA office location is identified later this year, then resource will be onsite 2-3 days a week)

Job Summary

Client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Risk Team, focusing on building scalable, secure, and resilient systems that support fraud detection, risk scoring, and compliance automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and develop backend services and APIs to support risk operations including fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and compliance workflows.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including InfoSec, Data Science, and Compliance to ensure seamless integration and performance of risk tools.

• Lead technical initiatives to improve SLA adherence, incident management, and root cause analysis systems.

• Implement intelligent testing frameworks that auto-generate test cases, predict bugs, and enable self-healing.

• Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines.

• Leads the creation of test strategy, test planning, and test execution related to all aspects of testing like functional, integration, systems, end-to-end testing, accessibility, database validations and automation.

• Implement observability and monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices across the risk domain.

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate risk and compliance requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Operate in an AI driven SDLC environment

• Write, test and produce production grade code in financial services without relying on testing by other groups

• Implement intelligent testing frameworks that auto-generate test cases, predict bugs, and enable self-healing.

• Leads and builds test automation frameworks using Standard API testing tools for rest-based APIs hosted on Azure cloud.

• Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines

• Leads the creation of test strategy, test planning, and test execution related to all aspects of testing like functional, integration, systems, end-to-end testing, accessibility, database validations and automation.

Required Qualifications

•  5 years of software engineering experience, with 2 years in technical leadership role with focus on .Net and C#.

• Proficiency in Azure Cloud native technologies and experience with Azure migration

• Strong understanding of Queuing mechanism, multithreading/Multi-Tasking, Distributed computing.

• Familiarity with AI code assistants like GitHub Copilot or similar tools.

• Experience in automated testing, Unit Testing, TDD, and CI/CD pipelines

• Strong proficiency in RESTful API design, OAuth2, and microservices architecture.

• Experience in various 3rd party integrations.

• Familiarity with risk scoring models, fraud detection systems, and compliance automation tools.

• Strong grasp of security and privacy standards relevant to financial data handling.

• Strong proficiency in SQL Server and database design.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment with AI-enhanced workflows.

• Methodologies- Agile, Scrum

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech or risk management technology platforms.

• Familiarity with operational domains such as fraud case management, transaction scoring, and regulatory reporting.

• Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications.

• Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Ability to meet the location requirement outlined above