Analyst II, Fraud Analytics
@ Affirm

San Diego, CA
$150,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 5 days ago

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Overview

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, offering consumers flexible buy now pay later options with no hidden fees or compounding interest.

Role Description

The Fraud Strategy & Analytics team invites you to join as an Analyst II, Fraud Analytics. In this role, you will drive improvements across Trust and Safety online decisioning strategies and user journeys by uncovering optimization opportunities and influencing product strategies.

What You’ll Do

  • Explore data proactively to accelerate product development in Trust and Safety.
  • Translate analysis into recommendations to improve fraud and identity conversion rates.
  • Create scalable frameworks for proprietary fraud machine learning models.
  • Evaluate new data sources, partnering with data engineering on pipelines.
  • Own analytics workflows, define metrics, and craft actionable dashboards.
  • Collaborate with Machine Learning, Product, and Engineering on fraud strategies.

What We Look For

  • 2-4 years experience in customer risk management in payments or finance.
  • Fluency in SQL and Python or R.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills across teams.
  • Passion for product optimization and effective time management.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline.
  • Solid understanding of payment processing and risk strategy fundamentals.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive base pay with potential equity rewards, monthly health, wellness and tech stipends, and comprehensive benefits including fully subsidized medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents. Affirm offers a transparent pay structure with ranges based on location and experience.

Work Arrangement

Affirm is a remote-first company with occasional requirements to work from an assigned office depending on the role’s proximity.

Key skills/competency

  • Fraud Analytics
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Risk Management
  • Data Analysis
  • Dashboarding
  • Experimentation
  • Machine Learning
  • Product Strategy
  • Collaboration
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How to Get Hired at Affirm

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Tailor experiences to fraud and analytics.
  • Highlight technical skills: Emphasize SQL, Python, and data analysis.
  • Research Affirm: Review company culture and financial products.
  • Prepare examples: Bring data-driven project success stories.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review SQL query optimization techniques.
Practice Python data manipulation scripts.
Study data pipeline development fundamentals.
Refresh machine learning model evaluation basics.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a challenging team project.
Explain how you manage multiple priorities.
Share a time you influenced product strategy.
Discuss handling fast-paced work pressures.

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