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Senior Product Engineer - Payments Risk at WeTravel
WeTravel
Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted about 3 hours ago (25 Oct 2026) Updated about 2 hours ago
Job Description
The Senior Product Engineer – Payments Risk will design and enhance payment‑risk solutions for WeTravel, ensuring secure and compliant transaction processing. Working with cross‑functional teams, the engineer will develop features, analyse fraud patterns, and implement mitigation strategies. The role requires deep technical expertise and a strong understanding of payment ecosystems.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline
- • 5+ years of product engineering experience, preferably in payments or financial services
- • Proven track record of building risk‑management or fraud‑prevention solutions
- • Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Java) and API integration experience
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Define product requirements and design risk‑assessment features for the payments platform
- • Develop and integrate fraud detection algorithms and controls
- • Collaborate with engineering, data science and compliance teams to deliver secure payment flows
- • Analyse transaction data to identify emerging risk trends and propose improvements
- • Participate in testing, deployment and post‑launch monitoring of risk features