TL;DR
Software Development Engineer (Backend): Developing intelligent data products to enhance payment recovery and fraud prevention for a global bank payment platform with an accent on machine learning models and payment system optimization. Focus on improving payment success rates, fraud detection, and consumer authentication flows.
Location: Hybrid in Riga, Latvia with flexibility to work remotely and up to 90 days work away scheme.
Salary: 2,933–4,400 EUR gross per month
Company
GoCardless is a global bank payment company processing over US$130bn annually across 30+ countries, using AI-powered solutions and open banking connectivity.
What you will do
- Develop and improve payment recovery and fraud prevention products like Success+ and Protect+.
- Work on enhancing ML models and rules-based fraud detection systems.
- Improve consumer authentication flows for high-risk payments.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and business stakeholders to drive product adoption and feature development.
- Contribute ideas for new product features and improvements.
Requirements
- Location: Based in Riga, Latvia with hybrid work model and remote flexibility.
- Strong programming experience in Ruby and/or Python.
- Growth mindset and motivation to drive business outcomes.
- Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and processes.
- Collaborative team player with product ownership mindset.
Culture & Benefits
- Wellbeing support and medical cover.
- Work Away Scheme: work from anywhere up to 90 days per year.
- Hybrid working model with team-determined office days.
- Equity for permanent employees.
- Parental leave tailored to individual needs.
- Annual holiday leave plus volunteer and wellness days.