Senior Product Engineer - Payments Risk

Lead projects end-to-end: discovery with Product, Payment Operations and our KYC/Verification team, solution design, build, rollout, and the monitoring that proves it works.

Shape how we decide, not only how it gets built. What we assess, what we measure, and which manual steps automation should take over are all yours to influence.

Weigh protection against user experience. Anything you build has a cost to a legitimate organizer, and finding that balance is part of the work.

Own the reliability of what you ship, and help raise the engineering bar across the team.

We’re focused on the impact. We don’t subscribe to any one framework or execution ideology, and we adapt based on what’s impactful.

We’re using the latest hardware and constantly on the look out for better tools & ways to work.

We have AI-first development experience and work with the latest models and agentic dev tools.

Stack: We’re developing React/TypeScript, Ruby on Rails and Kotlin Microservices. Our services run on Kubernetes. We also use and love MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, Cockroach DB, Snowflake and we’re working with the major LLM providers.

Your risk expertise is limited to tuning rules in a vendor dashboard like Stripe Radar or Persona. We need someone who builds the engine underneath and owns what it does to real balances.

You are hesitant to take full ownership of mission-critical money movement or participate in the on-call rotation when systems fail.

You need complete data and settled requirements before you will commit to a decision. Risk work means making the call on partial information and sharpening it as more arrives.

You are looking for a siloed IC position without the need for cross-functional collaboration or product-level discovery.

You require a rigid, pre-defined roadmap; we prefer to sharpen our strategy and direction as we scale the team.

On most risk teams you move a rate by a fraction of a percent. Here a single decision you design is worth six figures.

Make a real impact: you’ll help build the operating system for the multi-day group travel industry, empowering thousands of organizers and millions of travelers worldwide.

Solve meaningful technical challenges at scale, from designing robust systems to improving real-time user experiences in a complex domain.

Be part of building the best engineering team: you’ll help shape culture, mentor others, and contribute to high standards of excellence and collaboration.

Enjoy flexibility and balance, with competitive compensation, generous PTO, and remote-friendly work culture.

WeTravel is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you're excited about this opportunity and believe you're a good fit, we encourage you to apply and join us in transforming the travel industry!