Fraud Analyst

About the role:

As a Fraud Analyst at Forter, you will be responsible for one of the most critical assets in the company: maintaining the accuracy, reliability, and performance of what is widely considered the leading e-commerce fraud decisioning system in the industry.

You will be expected to think analytically and creatively, constantly improving how we identify fraud and protect legitimate customers. Your work will focus on solving real and evolving business challenges faced by some of the world’s largest and most advanced online retailers. In this role, you will also have direct exposure to key customers, providing analytical insights and helping tailor solutions to their specific needs.

This position has strong technical and analytical depth, but prior coding experience is not required. We believe great analysts can learn the technical tools they need as part of the role through structured training and hands-on work. We hire across multiple levels and adjust the scope and level of ownership based on what we learn during the interview process.

You will join a dynamic, high bar department with a strong culture of excellence, curiosity, and ownership. We work in an informal and collaborative environment where people learn fast and ideas matter. The role offers meaningful growth opportunities, with clear paths toward both senior individual contributor and managerial roles, allowing you to shape your career based on your strengths.

Your work will directly impact Forter’s product, protect millions of customers, and help shape the future of trust in digital commerce.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, implement, and continuously improve decisioning logic running in live production systems

• Research complex fraud patterns, adversarial behaviors, and emerging threats

• Analyze large scale datasets to extract actionable insights and improve decision accuracy

• Develop and automate analytical processes to increase efficiency and scalability

• Work closely with Data Science, Engineering, and other cross functional teams to drive platform improvements

What you'll need:

• Psychometric score above 700 or equivalent (e.g. GMAT) - we use this as a baseline measure of structured reasoning and analytical speed

• Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills, with the ability to break down complex problems

• A record of high achievement, in whatever form that's taken in your life - academic, professional, military, or otherwise

• Natural curiosity and the ability to understand systemic behaviors and adversarial tactics

• Proactive and results driven mindset, with the ability to work independently within a collaborative team

• Strong technical orientation. Experience with Python, SQL, or R is an advantage but not required. You should be comfortable learning new tools and technologies

Bonus points for:

• Experience with SQL or Python

• Background in risk analysis or intelligence work

• Experience in data analysis

• Familiarity with machine learning concepts

Bonus points for:

• Experience with SQL or Python

• Background in risk analysis or intelligence work

• Experience in data analysis

• Familiarity with machine learning concepts

About us:

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.

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. 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.

Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:

• Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

• Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023 and 2024)

• Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)

• #3 on Fast Company’s list of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022)

• Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (2024)

• SAP Pinnacle Awards “New Partner Application Award” (2023)

• Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)

Life as a Forterian:

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 Nordstromv can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.

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.

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.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

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