Hiring: Fraud Intelligence Lead Company: Plaid Location: New York City Metropolitan Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:14:35 Target Skills & Keywords : Python, Root Cause Analysis, SQL, SaaS About the job Experience: •5+ years of applied fraud experience in a high-velocity environment (fintech, consumer payments, banking, SaaS, marketplace risk, or security research) Required Skills: •Team Building & People Leadership •Set the casework quality bar: define what rigorous investigation, triage, and reporting look like for the team •Coach analysts on investigation technique, pattern synthesis, and translating findings into product/model input •Own coverage allocation across the Protect/IDV and Payments/ACH pods, including flexing assignments as volume shifts •Manage matrixed staffing and time allocation clearly between the Fraud PA and Payments PA •Represent the Fraud Intelligence team in product and model roadmap discussions, translating casework patterns into strategic priorities •Report team health, casework trends, and emerging risks to the Head of Fraud •Own escalation paths for SEVs and incidents requiring legal, law enforcement, or regulatory involvement Qualifications: •Investigator mindset: pattern synthesis, hypothesis testing, and skilled triage between signal and noise •End-to-end investigation experience reconstructing attacker intent and behavior in multi-step attack sequences across accounts, devices, and identities •Post-containment incident response experience with a deep emphasis on post-mortems and root cause analysis •Dark and grey-web navigation and investigation experience; ability to assess source credibility and translate external intelligence into actionable insights •Strong communication: ability to explain complex, ambiguous behavior to technical and non-technical audiences •Tool fluency with data environments and investigative toolchains (BI tools, anomaly detection, case trackers) •SQL for deep data querying and exploratory analysis •Python for scripting, rapid prototyping, and analytical workflows •Graph/network analysis experience to detect linked behavioral structures or actor networks •Operational familiarity with rule engines, signal gating, and large-scale monitoring systems Compensation: •$148,800 - $232,800 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!