Staff+ Software Engineer, Financial Fraud
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 66 days Anthropic's roles stay open a median of 62 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Anthropic's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Anthropic
- high 449 stale, 19 reposted of 603 open
- Hiring momentum
- 795 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Anthropic's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Anthropic.
About this role
As a Staff+ Software Engineer on the Fraud Prevention team at Anthropic, you will develop systems that make real-time risk decisions to protect payment and monetization processes from fraud. Your responsibilities will include building tools for managing disputes and chargebacks, engineering fraud detection signals, and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders to enhance fraud prevention measures. The role requires a strong understanding of fraud patterns and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical teams.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Anthropic as an employer.
What you need
- Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data analysis tools
- Experience building or operating fraud, risk, or abuse detection systems in production
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
Nice to have
- 8+ years of industry software engineering experience, with a focus on payments fraud or risk
- Fluency with payments rails: card networks, payment service providers (e.g., Stripe, Adyen), in-app purchase platforms (Apple, Google), refund flows, and the chargeback and dispute lifecycle
- Direct experience combating fraud typologies such as card testing, stolen-card monetization, refund and chargeback abuse, subscription and trial abuse, promotional abuse, and friendly fraud
- Understanding of fraud loss accounting — fraud loss vs. dispute fees vs. card network monitoring programs
- Experience building hybrid rules-and-ML risk systems: real-time scoring at authorization plus post-authorization review workflows
What you get
- Competitive compensation
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Lovely office space for collaboration
Worth weighing
- No specific details on the tech stack or tools used
- Visa sponsorship is available but not guaranteed for every candidate
- Role requires in-office presence at least 25% of the time
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Listed by Anthropic on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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