Anthropic
Staff+ Software Engineer, Payment Fraud
$320K–$485K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 10, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Minimum years correlate with internal job level; preferred: 8+ years of industry software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; field relevant to the role, as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; if an offer is made, Anthropic will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa and provides help from an immigration lawyer.
About the job
Build real-time payment fraud and risk systems, manage disputes and chargebacks, and detect monetization abuse while balancing fraud losses with a smooth customer experience.
What you'll do
- Design real-time transaction risk decisioning and engineer fraud signals at scale.
- Build dispute and chargeback tooling, automation, and reporting.
- Lead investigations and develop layered defenses against evolving fraud; collaborate with internal teams and external payment partners.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis tools.
- Experience building or operating production fraud, risk, or abuse detection systems.
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- 8+ years of industry software engineering experience, focused on payments fraud or risk.
- Payments-rail expertise and direct experience combating fraud typologies or building hybrid rules-and-ML risk systems.
Pay
$320,000 — $485,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, Stripe, Adyen, Apple, Google, VDMP, i VFMP
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