Parafin
Risk Operations Specialist
$118K–$123K
San Francisco, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- 3–5 years of work experience, including 2–3 years of operational experience at a fintech startup, bank, or payments company.
About the job
The specialist operates and improves payment, fraud, and risk processes for Parafin’s capital products, resolving merchant issues and using analysis to improve operations and originations.
What you'll do
- Develop operational solutions for complex business risk issues; review high-priority merchants and investigate potential fraud with partners.
- Troubleshoot merchant payment issues and provide support by email and phone; improve and automate operational processes.
- Coordinate with customer support, data science, compliance, and engineering teams, using data analysis to improve merchant experience and capital originations.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of payments.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong quantitative and detail-oriented background.
- Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment.
Nice to have
- Experience with fraud or risk management.
- Understanding of, or desire to learn about, capital or lending products; data analysis skills and tools such as SQL / R / Python.
Pay
$118k - $123k (base salary)
Tools
SQL, R, Python
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