Senior Fraud Strategy Manager, Payment Risk

Snaplii
Ontario, US
On-site

Job Description

About Snaplii

Snaplii is one of Canada’s fastest-growing fintech platforms, with $100M+ in annual transaction volume and 350,000+ users across North America, Snaplii connects consumers with 500+ leading brands across everyday categories — enabling smarter spending with instant savings and rewards.

Today, Snaplii is evolving beyond a digital wallet into infrastructure for AI-native commerce — enabling secure, programmable transactions between users, brands, and AI agents.

AI drives demand. Snaplii executes the transaction.

Why Join Us

  • Building AI-Native Payments

Powering how AI agents transact in the real world.

  • Explosive Growth

300%+ revenue & TPV growth in 2025, with accelerating momentum into 2026.

  • Small Team, Massive Scale

<40 people. A lean & high-performance team where every decision moves revenue, risk, and user experience.

  • AI-First Engineering Culture

90%+ of code is AI-assisted. Engineers focus on architecture and complex problems

  • Direct Access to the AI Frontier

Connect with leading AI companies in Silicon Valley, gaining first-hand exposure to cutting-edge advancements.

Technical Expectations

We are looking for a Risk Leader with "Hacker Instincts" and raw analytical horsepower.

  • 5+ Years Professional Experience: Minimum of 3 years dedicated to fraud and at least 1 year within the payments industry.
  • Hacker Mindset: Strong problem-solving and reverse-engineering skills, with the ability to anticipate risks from a fraudster's perspective.
  • Payments Expert: Proven ability to identify fraudulent activities across various payment methods in multi-currency, e-commerce environments.
  • SQL & Python Expert: Mastery of SQL is a must-have for independent querying of large datasets; Python proficiency is highly preferred.
  • Hands-on Modeling: 3+ years of experience building fraud detection models, including feature engineering, model training, and evaluation.
  • Framework Proficiency: Skilled in Python/R frameworks such as Sklearn, XGBoost, and LightGBM with experience deploying models into production.

Your Daily Mission:

  • Define the Rules, Don't Just Follow Them: Lead end-to-end financial risk strategies—from identifying opportunities to design, testing, and post-production monitoring.
  • Counter-Strike: Investigate anomalous activity, perform root-cause analysis on chargebacks, and produce authoritative reports on fraud trends.
  • Strategic Liaison: Act as the bridge between Snaplii and payment processors/vendors, managing relationships and ensuring alignment on risk management.

What We Offer:

  • Highly competitive salary + Risk Control Performance Bonuses.
  • Full Immigration Sponsorship (LMIA/PNP) services.
  • Hybrid Work Model (Toronto Base): Includes a compensated 1-2 month onsite onboarding period.
  • All-Star Team: Work with payment veterans and a Harvard-guest founder to define the future of AI-driven financial security.
  • Our founder, Spencer Xu, says: "We don't need assembly-line workers; we need generals who can independently lead the charge.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $150,000.00-$200,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

SqlPythonSklearnXgboostLightgbmFraud detection modelsFeature engineeringModel trainingModel evaluationProblem-solvingReverse-engineeringAnticipating risksFraud combatData & ai modelingPayments industry

Salary

$150,000 - $200,000

year

Employment Type

FULL TIME

Level

senior

Posted

4/27/2026

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