Accrue · 17 hours ago
Founding Data Engineer / Data Scientist — Payments & Fraud
NYC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $180K/yrAccrue is redefining how brands turn payments into loyalty, helping enterprise merchants launch their own branded wallets. They are seeking a Founding Data Engineer / Data Scientist to own data systems for payments and fraud, designing and building the data foundation for internal decision-making and reporting.
FinanceBankingFinancial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design and implement end-to-end data pipelines for payments and fraud reporting
Build canonical data models that support:
Internal KPIs
Merchant-facing dashboards
Compliance and audit needs
Fraud and risk analysis
Handle real-world data challenges:
Duplicate events
Out-of-order delivery
Partial captures and refunds
Disputes and corrections
Establish data quality checks and reconciliation logic to ensure accuracy
Enable self-service analytics for payments and fraud teams
Document data models, pipelines, and assumptions clearly
Work closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders
Take full ownership of the domain as the first data hire
Qualification
Required
Strong experience in data engineering and/or data science
Proven track record building production data systems used for critical reporting
Excellent SQL and data modeling skills
Experience working with transactional or event-driven systems
Comfort handling ambiguity and making pragmatic tradeoffs
Strong communication skills—you can explain complex data problems clearly
An ownership mindset: you don't wait to be told what to fix
Preferred
Experience in fintech, payments, fraud, or other risk-sensitive domains
Familiarity with data warehouses, ETL/ELT tools, and analytics platforms
Experience designing systems with auditability and compliance in mind
Benefits
No-cost and low-cost health plan options for employees and dependents
Company contributed 401k
An empathetic team that values mental wellness and work/life balance
A brand new NYC office!
Company
Accrue
Accrue is a brandable, full-stack payments solution for modern customer loyalty.
Founded in 2021
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$29.7MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementTwelve Below
2022-01-13Series A· $25M
2021-11-03Seed· $4.7M
Leadership Team
Michael Hershfield
Founder and CEO
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