ActiveCampaign

Senior Anti-Abuse Security Engineer

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20 days ago
Chicago, IL, USA
Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$126k - $154k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement automated behavioral analysis pipelines to detect trial abuse and account takeovers.
  • Build continuous risk scoring systems to proactively identify emerging threats.
  • Develop a sender reputation tracking system integrated with email deliverability signals.
  • Engineer advanced analysis capabilities for campaign content and threat detection.
  • Deploy complex detection logic and custom Python services for real-time security responses.
  • Collaborate with the Security Platform Engineering team to enhance data pipelines.
  • Design automated response workflows to mitigate abuse at scale.
  • Partner with Product Security Engineering to detect synthetic content and inauthentic behavior.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in building fraud detection or security monitoring systems.
  • Expert-level Python development skills with production-grade code experience.
  • Deep expertise in messaging abuse patterns, including email/SMS phishing and spam.
  • Strong understanding of ML-based detection systems and behavioral analytics.
  • Technical proficiency with modern abuse tooling, such as Sift.
  • Experience in SaaS messaging, marketing automation, or ESP platforms is a bonus.
  • Collaborative mindset to work cross-functionally with various teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including a fully-covered HDHP and telehealth services.
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning and professional development programs.
  • Open PTO for maintaining work-life balance.
  • Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting and quarterly perks.
  • Collaborative culture that values innovation and teamwork.

Tech Stack

Python

Categories

AI & MLSecurity