Hybrid Technical Lead – Fraud & Risk

at Coda

• Job title: Technical Lead – Fraud & Risk
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Apache, Distributed Systems, Java, Kafka, Python, Scala, Spark, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bangkok, Thailand

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture end-to-end: design a modular, pluggable risk platform and the services around it.
• Build high-performance streaming pipelines for real-time feature engineering (stateful operators, windows/watermarks, PIT correctness).
• Lead and grow engineers: mentor, run design/code reviews, and raise the quality bar.
• Set the vision and roadmap for stream processing within the team; make build/buy/cost trade-offs explicit.
• Drive operational excellence: SLOs, observability, alerting, runbooks, incident response, and reliability practices.
• Partner cross-functionally with PMs, Data Scientists, and Risk Analysts to align engineering work with risk and business outcomes.
• Productionize ML models for real-time scoring and decisioning (features, online/offline parity, monitoring).
• Continuously improve the platform: identify gaps, lead architectural evolution, and influence long-term strategy.
• Represent the initiative with stakeholders across the company.

Requirements

• Proven technical leadership: leading projects, mentoring engineers, and shaping architecture.
• Deep expertise in stream processing and distributed systems, especially stateful real-time processing.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Flink (preferred), Spark Structured Streaming, or Apache Beam.
• Strong backend skills in Java/Scala/Python and solid SQL; experience with Kafka or similar event logs.
• Experience building real-time data/feature pipelines, service integrations, and APIs used by ML and risk engines.
• Ability to work across functions, drive alignment, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners.
• A bias for engineering excellence: clean designs, quality code, measurable outcomes.

Benefits

• Wellness Boost: Stay healthy with resources for physical and mental well-being with our flexible benefits and Employee Well-being Program - because you matter!
• Customized Benefits: Tailor your benefits with our flexible plan.
• Growth Opportunities: Unlock your potential through clear progression paths.
• Skill Development: Access training resources to fuel your personal and professional growth.
• Volunteer Time Off: Enjoy paid time off to make a difference in the world through volunteering.
• Family Support: Take advantage of paid Family Care Leave to bond with your family, while our selected Flexible Benefits also cater to your family's needs.
• Benefits are reviewed and updated on a yearly basis