Risk & Fraud Analyst
About the Company
If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career! Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition. At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move! Why Skillz - Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world. - Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more. - Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more. - Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays to help you recharge and pursue your passions. - Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free breakfast and catered lunches, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more. - Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more. - Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth.
About the Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented Risk & Fraud Analyst to help protect the integrity of our platform and support sustainable business growth. This role will focus on identifying and preventing fraudulent activity, reducing financial and operational risk, and strengthening compliance processes across payments, promotions, and customer accounts. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, experience in fraud operations, and the ability to proactively develop scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment. Key Competencies - Deep understanding of fraud vectors within social sweepstakes and social casino ecosystems, including multi-accounting, bonus abuse, chargeback farming, and redemption laundering patterns - Strong analytical and investigative mindset with the ability to identify emerging fraud trends and implement scalable mitigation strategies - Expertise in payment fraud prevention, chargeback management, and transaction risk analysis within high-volume consumer platforms - Ability to design, optimize, and operationalize fraud detection rules, risk-scoring frameworks, and manual review processes - Proficiency in interpreting device fingerprinting, identity graphing, and behavioral risk signals to detect linked or synthetic accounts - Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively across Payments, Compliance, Legal, Trust & Safety, Customer Support, and Data Science teams - Knowledge of KYC, AML, and US regulatory compliance considerations relevant to online gaming or sweepstakes environments - Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex fraud findings into actionable business recommendations Experience - 3-5 years of fraud analytics or fraud operations experience, including at least 2 years within US social sweepstakes, social casino, real-money gaming, or similarly regulated digital platforms - Hands-on experience with fraud prevention and risk platforms such as Fingerprint.com, Sift, Forter, Ethoca, Verifi RDR/CDRN, or similar tools - Advanced SQL proficiency with experience analyzing transactional and behavioral datasets at scale - Experience building or supporting fraud reporting dashboards and operational analytics using Tableau, Looker, or equivalent BI tools - Demonstrated success reducing fraud-related losses, lowering chargeback ratios, and preventing promotional or bonus abuse - Experience partnering with Data Science or Engineering teams to support machine learning models, automated risk scoring, or fraud decisioning systems - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field preferred Location: remote, USA Travel Requirement: Less than 10% Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming! Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board! #LI-Remote#LI-Remote #LI-MN1 Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.