2 months ago
Tel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale low-latency, high-throughput backend systems for real-time decisioning and APIs.
- Own projects end to end from design and implementation through production rollout and monitoring.
- Build fault-tolerant distributed systems and improve observability, reliability, and developer experience.
- Collaborate with Product, analysts, data scientists, and infrastructure teams on Forter’s decision ecosystem.
- Participate in technical discussions and support enterprise integrations through direct customer interaction.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building backend systems in large-scale production environments.
- At least 2 years of experience as a Staff Engineer or equivalent level.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Kotlin, or Node.js.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- Proven ability to design and maintain high-scale distributed systems.
- Strong ownership, autonomy, accountability, and communication skills.
- Ability to explain complex systems clearly to technical and non-technical audiences and collaborate with customers worldwide.
- Experience with API Gateway architectures, schema/versioning strategies, platformization, Flink, Storm, resilience patterns, data science or machine learning teams, developer platforms, infrastructure services, or internal engineering tools is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with team members near key hubs expected to work from the office at least three days per week.
- RSU offerings, learning and development programs focused on AI tools, and a culture of recognition.
- 4.5-day work weeks, including Forter’s Appreciation Fridays and Sundays.
- Team outings and local cultural celebrations.
- Global team presence across the US, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, China, Australia, New York, Tel Aviv, London, and Singapore.
About Forter
Forter builds a SaaS trust platform for digital commerce that automates fraud prevention, identity verification, and payment/returns decisioning from sign-up to checkout. Retailers and marketplaces use it to approve good customers and block abuse. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, the privately held company serves brands such as Nordstrom, Instacart, Priceline, Adobe, ASOS, and eBay.