Senior Software Engineer

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About the role
Forter is looking for a  Senior Software Engineer  to develop and cultivate new products for fraud detection. The engineering decisions made by Forter’s product group need to balance engineering factors, user experience, aesthetics, legal and financial considerations, and a general sense of what’s most important. The Platform Extensions team’s mission is to build seamless extensions to enable fast onboarding of merchants to Forter fraud solutions using popular eCommerce platforms.

We strive to create “one-click” experiences and allow our merchants to onboard and start using Forter’s products almost immediately. Our platforms include Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Shopify, and others.

What you’ll be doing

Design high-scale and low-latency components to support Forter’s growth

Develop robust extensions that will be used by Forter’s largest clients, allowing them to seamlessly start using new Forter products

Improve our current architecture and components to allow faster onboarding of merchants

Research significant eCommerce platforms in order to create and improve our merchant’s experience with Forter

What you’ll need

4+ years of hands‑on experience throughout the web development stack and/or backend stacks

Experience with JavaScript, Type Script, Graph

QL, and other web technologies for building web apps and APIs

Expertise in server‑side development using NodeJS, ORMs, and relational databases

Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large‑scale environment with multiple modern programming and database querying languages

Great communication skills

Self‑driven and solutions‑oriented, able to collaborate cross‑team in a globally distributed organization

It’d also be cool if you also have

Experience with building low‑latency web applications

A deep understanding of the eCommerce Platforms domain

Experience in building cartridges for platforms like Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Shopify, Magento or Commercetools

Seen or designed high‑scale, robust architectures that process multiple tenants

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.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Matching Retirement Plan

Comprehensive and generous health insurance, including vision and dental coverage

Generous PTO policy

Half day Fridays

Hybrid work
At Forter, we embrace a hybrid work model that blends in‑person connection with the flexibility of remote work. Team members based near our key hubs are expected to work from the office at least three days per week. We believe that regular face‑to‑face collaboration fuels professional development, strengthens our culture, and builds the relationships that help teams thrive.

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