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Wealthsimple is dedicated to helping everyone achieve financial freedom by transforming how people manage their money. Through innovative technology, we simplify financial services that are often complex, unclear, and costly—making them accessible and affordable for all. As Canada’s largest fintech company, we serve over 4 million users and manage more than $70 billion in assets.

Our teams launch new features frequently and drive meaningful change through innovative ideas. We’re seeking talented individuals who value simplicity, collaboration, and humility as we build inclusive, high-performing teams where everyone can thrive.

About the team:

The Fraud team ensures Wealthsimple can grow securely by balancing fraud prevention with a smooth client experience. Our mission is to reduce losses while maintaining seamless user interactions. We rely on data and analytics to guide every decision.

In this role, you’ll tackle complex challenges in a fast-paced environment, continuously launching and refining features. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers, product managers, and data scientists. We’re looking for a versatile problem-solver who can collaborate across teams to deliver fraud prevention strategies, real-time defenses, financial models, data visualizations, and machine learning-based decision thresholds.

You’ll be involved in every major product launch, working closely with product, tech, and risk teams. Your contributions will help prevent millions in fraud annually and protect the financial well-being of over 4 million clients.

In this role, you will:

– Develop data-backed business cases for fraud strategies across new and existing products
– Collaborate with data science, product, and engineering teams to bring ideas to life
– Build metrics and visualizations to monitor account activity and identify unusual patterns
– Report on fraud trends and performance to leadership
– Use financial modeling to assess the potential fraud impact of new features
– Set decision thresholds based on machine learning risk scores

What you bring:

– Strong data skills with proven success in academic or professional settings
– Ability to structure ambiguous problems, perform quantitative and qualitative analysis, and turn findings into actionable insights
– Skilled at communicating complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
– Capable of making balanced, informed decisions
– Passionate and intellectually curious about your work

Preferred qualifications:

– Experience with large datasets and programming languages like SQL, R, or Python
– Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, or PowerBI
– Experience with databases like Snowflake, Redshift, or MySQL

Why join Wealthsimple?

– Competitive salary with comprehensive health and life insurance
– Retirement savings plan with matching contributions through Wealthsimple for Business
– 20 vacation days annually, plus unlimited sick and mental health days
– Up to $1,500 annually for wellness and professional development
– “90 Days Away” program: work remotely from eligible countries for up to 90 days per year
– Access to employee-led resource groups (e.g., Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
– Company-wide wellness days off throughout the year

We’re a remote-first company with over 1,000 employees across North America. Join our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions.

Learn more about our culture and how we work.

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple:

We believe bold innovation shapes the future. At Wealthsimple, every team member is encouraged to embrace new technologies, including AI, to improve how we work, solve problems faster, and deliver greater value. We’re looking for people who thrive on change and want to help lead our evolution.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We’re building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it. We strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

Accessibility:

Wealthsimple is committed to providing an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodations during the interview process or beyond, let us know—we’ll work with you to ensure your needs are met. We’re always looking to improve and welcome feedback on how we can better support candidates with accessibility requirements.