Fraud Strategy Associate
About The Position
As a Fraud Strategy Associate, you’ll own the end-to-end integrity of Brex’s fraud and risk ecosystem across credit, deposit, and card payment rails. You’ll identify patterns and root causes, and build detection logic, automations, and reporting that prevent fraud while minimizing friction for customers. You’ll develop solutions and partner with Risk, Data Science, Engineering, and Product to embed prevention into the product itself. The role is based in Brex’s San Francisco office in a hybrid environment. Employees are currently required to work in the office at least three coordinated days per week—Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday—with up to four weeks per year of fully remote work available.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in fraud strategy, risk operations, or data-driven business operations within financial services or a high-growth fintech environment.
- Capability with SQL and/or Python for data wrangling, statistical modeling, and automation.
- Proven ability to build scalable processes and manage complex projects from data exploration through operational rollout.
- Exceptional ability to synthesize complex analytical findings into clear, executive-level strategic narratives.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designation.
- Experience with Snowflake, Salesforce, and data visualization platforms such as Hex.
- Experience managing fraud risk and operational workflows for products spanning multiple geographic jurisdictions.
- Experience using AI tools to enhance internal operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Use SQL and Python to mine large-scale data and apply LLM-based tools to detect and automate the identification of fraudulent patterns across credit, deposit, and card payment rails.
- Design and refine automated detection logic to mitigate risk while maintaining a frictionless experience for legitimate customers.
- Monitor industry trends and regulatory shifts and deploy defensive strategies against new fraud vectors.
- Optimize fraud-investigation workflows to support operational discipline, case visibility, and high-fidelity documentation.
- Coordinate with Risk Leadership, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to integrate fraud-prevention infrastructure into the product lifecycle.
- Define and manage technical requirements for internal AI-driven tools and third-party risk-reduction platforms.
- Define and monitor KPIs, including false positive rates, fraud capture rates, and operational turnaround times.
- Build and maintain scalable executive reporting dashboards that provide real-time visibility into fraud exposure and program effectiveness.
- Conduct post-mortems on fraud incidents, quantify financial impact, and recommend structural process improvements.
Benefits
- Up to four weeks per year of fully remote work.
- Equity and other forms of compensation may be provided depending on the position offered.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
