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Forter is a trust platform for eCommerce merchants, processing over 10M daily decisions for $500B+ annual GMV. The Decision Engineering team owns the core decision engine—a business-critical system that maintains strict latency SLAs (p99 <500ms) and 5-nines availability.
In this role, you will manage a high-performing engineering team responsible for Forter's decision engine, API entry points, and self-service analytics development platform. The team operates in a highly technical backend domain with a balanced mix of product-led and engineering-led initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning one of Forter's most business-critical systems and ensuring SLA compliance and long-term quality
- Guiding top-tier engineers (including Staff+ level) on planning and executing high-risk projects with significant technical and business complexity
- Developing engineers' understanding of business value and directing innovation toward high-impact initiatives
- Innovating around the engine's capabilities, APIs, and agentic interfaces; being opinionated on product direction
- Actively participating in roadmap setting with a strong grasp of business ROI and technical risk
Required qualifications:
- 5+ years managing business-critical engineering teams
- IC experience as Staff+ Engineer or Tech Lead
- Track record overseeing large projects with technical and/or business risks
- Experience in performance-critical, high-scale environments with demanding SLAs
Preferred:
- Experience managing Staff+ engineers
- Background with customer-facing technical products (APIs, CLI tools, dashboards)
- Client and prospect interaction experience
Forter is a well-funded fintech company ($525M raised from Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures) trusted by major brands including Nordstrom, Instacart, Priceline, Adobe, ASOS, and eBay. The company combines identity intelligence, fraud prevention, and commerce orchestration to help businesses know who to trust in an AI-driven commerce landscape.
