Staff Engineer, SEON
Architect Team
Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) available
Fraud prevention and AML compliance
Job no longer available
Fraud prevention and AML compliance
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help online businesses reduce the cost, time, and challenges faced due to fraud.
Role
Who you are
- Strong working knowledge of modern web development technologies (one or more of the following: Java with Spring (preferred), JavaScript/TypeScript, Python)
- Experience with measuring and improving the performance of distributed systems
- Strong understanding of how web services and SaaS applications work
- Experience with at least one major cloud provider (preferably: Amazon Web Services)
- Experience with relational databases (we use PostgreSQL)
- Experience with multiple database technologies (eg.: ClickHouse, Neo4J, Redis, Elasticsearch)
- Experience with modern DevOps tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, ELK stack)
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work together with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work independently, prioritize your own workload
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
What the job involves
- A Software Architect in our organization brings strong technical expertise first but also the ability to scale up the architecture team projects
- You will deliver high-quality technical designs for critical initiatives while working closely with our engineering leadership. SEON relies on a product-led growth approach
- Work out the technical scope of cross-team software projects based on the business requirements
- Collaborate with our engineering teams to design robust and performant solutions to meet the needs of SEON and our customers
- Analyze the performance of existing systems and work out solutions for further improvements
- Document design decisions in the form of Architecture Decision Records
- Review the implementation of the technical plans
- Prepare deployment and migration plans and improve on existing deployment processes
- Collaborate with the engineering teams to push our solutions to production in a timely and efficient manner
- Collaborate with the Product Management team to prioritize, schedule and deliver new developments
- Work together with the SRE team to troubleshoot production issues and to enhance the observability of existing products
- Manage the implementation of our projects, coordinate between teams
Our take
SEON is an online fraud prevention platform designed to assist businesses in combating fraud and minimizing risks related to online transactions. The platform stands out by offering a seamless integration process, allowing businesses to quickly implement its tools and solutions.
By leveraging a combination of technologies, data sources, and machine learning algorithms, SEON ensures real-time detection and prevention of fraudulent activities. Its effectiveness and reliability have earned the trust of prominent global brands such as Afterpay, Patreon, KLM, and Pokerstars.
With a strong focus on providing efficient and adaptable fraud prevention, SEON continues to innovate and evolve its offerings, helping businesses across various industries safeguard themselves and their customers from the ever-evolving threat of online fraud.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2025
$80m
SERIES C
Apr 2022
$94m
SERIES B
Total funding: $187.9m
Company benefits
- ESOP: Employee stock ownership plan.
- Vacation: National holidays, generous holiday allowance.
- Flexible hours: Flexible work schedule that allows teammates to alter their workday.
- Enhanced parental leave: Enhanced parental leave policies for all the parents on the team.
- Private health insurance: Private health insurance including coverage for spouse and dependents.
- Hybrid working environment: We encourage our colleagues to work from home a few days a week, and spend the rest of the time in the office collaborating with the SEON team.
- Employee assistance and mental health support: Access to an employee assistance and mental health support platform.
- Lunch and breakfast: Monthly company breakfast and weekly lunch allowance.
- Learning and development: Access to a variety of opportunities for learning and development (including external L&D).
- Weekly language courses: You can learn 40+ languages including Hungarian, English, Spanish, Portuguese & Bahasa.
- Book allowance: You can order business books to grow your knowledge and support your curiosity to learn more.
Company HQ
East Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX
Leadership
Tamas Kadar
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from the Corvinus University of Budapest with a BSc in ICT Business Analyst. Is currently a Council Member and Contributor on the Forbes Technology Council.
Bence Jendruszak
(COO)Graduated from the EBS Business School with a degree in General Management. Previously worked as a Controlling Intern at HILTI and as a Junior Consultant at HyperTeam.
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