Senior Backend Engineer II , Billing - Data Platform

About the Role:

Forter is looking for an experienced Senior Engineer to join our Billing Platform team.

Our Billing Platform is the backbone of every product we launch and every key deal we close. You will play a critical role in shaping the infrastructure that drives our billing processes, directly impacting Forter’s revenue and growth.

As we continue to scale and introduce new products, we’re looking for passionate engineers who are eager to take ownership of complex systems and make a significant impact.

If you're excited about designing and building robust, scalable systems, we’d love for you to join us in shaping the future of Forter’s Billing infrastructure.

You’ll be building scalable, high-performance services that handle massive volumes of data, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of our operations.

You’ll tackle complex challenges around data scalability, performance, and system architecture, all while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, impactful solutions.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient systems that handle high-volume data, while collaborating with teammates and individual contributors at Forter
• Take ownership of projects, from concept to production, ensuring the highest quality 
• Work on data-driven initiatives that improve system performance, efficiency, and billing accuracy
• Work with Product Managers to define features and scope, guiding technical decisions and trade-offs, to align with company goals.
• Collaborate in an environment involving various stakeholders within the company
• Help foster best practices and mentor team members to maintain a high standard of engineering excellence

• 7+ years of experience developing and maintaining production systems 
• 2+ years of thorough Python experience
• Proven track record in leading technical projects through all phases of the software development life cycle, ensuring high engineering standards from requirements to deployment and ongoing maintenance
• Familiar with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD, deployment pipelines, observability, and quality assurance (unit, integration testing)
• Proficiency in various storage solutions such as MySQL, Snowflake, and Redis
• Experience with AWS or other public cloud services
• A proactive attitude and a passion for providing technical solutions that bring an immediate business impact and ensure engineering excellence

It would be cool if you have:

• Familiarity with NoSQL data stores such as Elasticsearch 
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines using industry-standard frameworks like Airflow, Kafka, Delta Lake, etc
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
• Previous background in the fintech industry

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 Nordstrom 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.