Software Engineering Manager

About Us Riskified empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by taking risk off the table. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified’s AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Booking.com, Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more. We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day. About the Role As an engineering manager at Riskified, you will lead a talented group of experienced engineers in creating a mission-critical suite of services in the payment fraud domain. The team is working to enable new Riskified product offerings, working closely with Product managers, Research and Analytics teams to validate this new offering and drive a new business forward. The team is currently focused on Adaptive Checkout, Riskified's premier product suite that operates at the E-commerce payments level to optimize the shopping checkout flow. Your goal will be to increase conversion, reduce false declines, and enhance transaction authorization rates while using adaptive features and capabilities. We are looking for a team leader with a passion for service-oriented and microservice architectures, high performance, reliability, and clean design. You should be an AI enthusiast - someone who is not afraid to embrace and integrate new tools, whether it’s within the product itself, throughout the development lifecycle, or to optimize management processes. You must be able to focus, support, and drive a team while consolidating requirements from all stakeholders, displaying a high interest in our business and a proactive approach to constant improvement. Our Tech Stack: Kubernetes, Scala, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Kafka, Avro, gRPC, AWS, Cockroach DB, Aerospike, Claude code. What You'll Be Doing Lead your team in delivering high-quality products to Riskified’s production environments and ensure production health. Lead the development and evolution of Adaptive Checkout, ensuring a seamless experience for legitimate customers while adding appropriate friction only when necessary. Drive innovation by identifying and implementing AI-driven tools and methodologies to improve team productivity and product capabilities. Plan ahead with the team on how to deliver value in the payment optimization domain. Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and other stakeholders in the creation of the team’s and company roadmap. Mentor and grow your team to be independent and highly effective engineers, planners, and future leaders. Provide consultation and solutions to customers and management on real business problems. Be a focal point for your team, group, and department. Qualifications 3+ years of management experience in leading a team of engineers in production - Must 7+ years of hands-on experience in developing high-scale distributed systems/microservices - Must AI Enthusiast: Proven interest in emerging AI tools and a track record of implementing new technologies to improve workflows or products. Experience in Agile project management and Scrum management working in a full CI/CD DevOps culture environment. Experience in cloud-native microservices architecture or SaaS environments. Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. B.Sc. in Computer Science or any equivalent degree/experience. Life at Riskified We are a fast-growing and dynamic tech company with 750+ team members globally. We value collaboration and innovative thinking. We’re looking for bright, driven, and passionate people to grow with us. Our Tel-Aviv team is currently working in a hybrid of remote and in-office work. We have recently moved to our new space in Tel Aviv - check it out here! Some of our Tel Aviv Benefits & Perks: Equity for all employees, Keren Hishtalmut, pension Private medical insurance, extra time off for parents and caregivers Commuter and parking benefits Team events, fully-stocked kitchen,lunch stipend, happy hours, yoga, pilates, functional training, basketball, soccer Wide-ranging opportunities to volunteer and make an impact Commitment to your professional development with global onboarding, skills-based courses, full access to Udemy, lunch & learns Awesome Riskified gifts and swag! In the News Geektime: Riskified Goes Public Walla!: Happy Hour at the Riskified Offices Geektime Insider: A look at Riskified Tel Aviv Globes: Riskified to contribute the highest amount up to date to Tmura Globes: Riskified is among Israel’s fastest growing companies TechCrunch: Riskified Prevents Fraud on Your Favorite E-commerce Site Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.