
Senior Fraud & Transaction Monitoring Engineering Manager
Teya
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Porto • Portugal
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Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own the Fraud & AML Detection Architecture
- Build and Optimise Rule Logic
- Integrate Risk Models & Behavioural Signals
- Engineering Collaboration & Technical Roadmap
- Data & Event Quality Ownership
- Leadership and Team Management
Requirements
- 6+ years in fraud/risk engineering, data engineering for fraud, or technical fraud/risk analytics.
- Hands-on experience designing or maintaining fraud/AML rules engines, transaction monitoring systems, or risk scoring pipelines.
- Strong SQL skills and familiarity with distributed data systems (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar).
- Understanding of event-driven architectures, stream processing, and real-time detection (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Flink, etc.).
- Ability to work with engineering teams on API flows, backend logic, and alerting infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of fraud typologies (card fraud, account takeover, mule activity, merchant fraud, synthetic IDs).
- Good understanding of AML detection logic (structuring, layering, suspicious patterns, velocity signals).
- Experience interpreting model outputs and integrating risk signals into systems.
- Experience managing technical teams (analysts, engineers, or hybrid profiles).
- Ability to convert complex detection problems into clear engineering requirements.
- Strong communication skills for working with engineers, data scientists, and risk leadership.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Meal Allowance
- 25 days of Annual leave (+ Bank holidays)
- Public Transportation Card
- Frequent team events & activities in the office and outside
- Office snacks every day
- Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
SQLfraud/AML rules enginestransaction monitoring systemsrisk scoring pipelinesevent-driven architecturesstream processingreal-time detectionAPI flowsbackend logicalerting infrastructure
Soft skills
leadershipteam managementcommunication