About Dodo Payments
Dodo Payments is the Monetisation Engine for AI-native products. We're a Merchant of Record + Billing & Monetization platform that helps SaaS, AI, and digital businesses accept payments globally, automate billing (subscriptions, usage-based, one-time), and stay fully compliant with taxes and regulations in 220+ countries.
We're building the growth engine that powers global digital commerce, and we're looking for a sharp, driven
Risk & Fraud Lead to help take that mission forward.
Role Overview
This role is accountable for Risk & Fraud discipline at Dodo Payments. Think merchant fraud, chargebacks, investigations, and policy enforcement. You will design risk policies, define fraud controls, run ongoing investigation, and lead a small execution team.
This is
not a policy-only or ML role.
This is an operator role with real authority and real accountability.
This is an
on-site role in Bengaluru, ideal for someone who thrives on building relationships, closing deals, and driving growth from zero.
You'll report directly to the founder and collaborate with and legal, compliance, and ops teams to ensure Dodo Payments is running a tight ship.
What You'll Do
Transaction and Merchant Monitoring
- Review transactions across first transaction, threshold-based, and ongoing monitoring flows
- Identify suspicious patterns across velocity, geo mismatch, BIN risk, device signals, and behavior
- Flag, restrict, or block merchants and transactions based on risk signals
- Escalate complex or high-risk cases to the Fraud Lead
Escalations & Investigations
- Investigate high-risk merchants and suspicious activity
- Conduct deep dives using transaction data, logs, and external signals
- Recommend enforcement actions like caps, reserves, or termination
- Maintain clear investigation notes and audit-ready documentation
Controls and Playbooks
- Follow and improve fraud SOPs and review playbooks
- Suggest new rules, thresholds, and review logic based on learnings
- Work closely with Ops and Compliance on flagged merchants
- Maintain clean records for audits, partners, and banks
What You Bring
- 3-5 years of experience in fraud operations, risk ops, or transaction monitoring
- Familiarity with card payments, fraud patterns, and dispute workflows
- Hands-on experience reviewing transactions and chargebacks
- Strong judgment and comfort making decisions with imperfect information
- High attention to detail and strong written documentation
Nice to Have
- Experience at a PSP, MoR, fintech, or marketplace
- Exposure to high-risk merchant categories
- Basic SQL or analytics experience
- Understanding of AI, SaaS or Software products
- Prior interaction with banks or card networks
Why Join Dodo Payments
- Build the Risk & Fraud engine for one of the fastest-growing fintechs powering global AI-native businesses.
- Direct access to founders and strategic decision-making.
- Full ownership from day one - your impact is measurable and immediate.
- Exposure to international markets and AI startup ecosystems.
- On-site role in Bengaluru's startup hub.
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive salary + performance-based commission.
- Opportunity to define the Risk & Fraud engine for a fast-growing fintech platform.
- High autonomy and fast decision cycles.
- Health insurance and team offsites.
Want to help build the financial rails for the next generation of AI businesses
Let's talk.
Skills: fraud,risk,payments
