Posted:
11/14/2024, 1:39:02 AM
Location(s):
Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel ⋅ Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
Software Engineering
About the role:
Forter is looking for a tech lead to join our Platform APIs team. In this role you are expected to lead the efforts to turn the APIs systems into a platform, enabling self-serve for other teams all while building mission-critical infrastructure that will accommodate Forter’s growth and future scale.
Every request and response Forter handles are processed by the APIs real time systems, therefore these systems must be highly available, compliant and secure. The team’s systems have to support Forter’s scale & growth, with focus on throughput & latency according to each product’s SLA.
You will be responsible for designing and building our next generation APIs real time ingestion systems and schema management solutions.
As tech lead for the team, you’ll be expected to push forward efforts and handle the friction that comes from working with multiple stakeholders and engineering teams. You’ll also focus on building long term technical vision for the systems, accommodating future products, changes and growth.
You’ll have the chance of designing and building our next generation infrastructure, introducing state of the art technology, rethinking many elements in our API design, structure and version management.
You’ll be working with talented and sharp people who care about their craft and product, building together a beautiful system.
You’ll learn about the industry’s best practices in web backend engineering, APIs management, API GW and understand how to use it in Forter in order to build a scalable, secure, uniform and highly available API management platform.
What you'll be doing:
About us:
Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it's not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.
The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.
Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:
Life as a Forterian:
We are a team of over 500 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we've raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We're on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Nordstrom, Priceline, Instacart and ASOS can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.
At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn't match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.
Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.
Website: https://www.forter.com/
Headquarter Location: New York, New York, United States
Employee Count: 251-500
Year Founded: 2013
IPO Status: Private
Last Funding Type: Secondary Market
Industries: E-Commerce ⋅ FinTech ⋅ Fraud Detection ⋅ SaaS