Staff Threat Analyst, Ads Fraud

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement a multi-quarter strategy for detecting and enforcing advertiser fraud.

• Focus on addressing significant risks such as account takeovers, payment and billing fraud, cloaking, misleading advertisements, and network misuse.

• Undertake in-depth investigations into intricate, multi-entity fraud systems and advanced adversarial methods.

• Conduct root-cause analyses and map cluster infrastructure to mitigate recurring abuses.

• Collaborate with Data Science and Engineering teams to convert investigative insights into detection algorithms, risk assessments, and automated enforcement workflows.

• Act as the primary expert on Safety matters for the Ads Product, Ads Engineering, and Policy teams.

• Distill complex adversarial dynamics into strategic recommendations for senior management.

• Create, document, and standardize operational playbooks, escalation processes, quality assurance standards, and feedback mechanisms.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in threat intelligence, ad tech safety, trust & safety investigations, or platform integrity, with an emphasis on ad fraud, financial crime, account takeovers, or spam abuse.

• Proven ability to operate in uncertain environments and establish threat response frameworks from the ground up.

• Strong skills in SQL, Python or R, and experience with big data environments.

• Capability to independently query datasets at a petabyte scale and create adversarial network graphs.

• Experience utilizing AI/LLMs as investigative assistants.

• Background in collaborating with machine learning teams to implement LLM-based detection classifiers.

• Extensive knowledge of digital advertising ecosystems, ad serving infrastructures, and specific fraud archetypes related to advertising.

• Understanding of global advertising compliance, privacy laws, and regulatory reporting standards is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs.

• 401k with Employer Match.

• Global Benefit programs designed to suit your lifestyle, encompassing workspace options, professional development, and caregiving support.

• Family Planning Support.

• Gender-Affirming Care.

• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits.

• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off.

• Generous Paid Parental Leave.

• Equity in the form of restricted stock units.

• Potential commission, depending on the position offered.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Opportunity to opt-out of interview recording.

• Reasonable accommodations available during the interview process.