Shape how Polar approaches risk at scale: Build the foundations for how we assess, manage, and evolve risk as we grow.
Assess and manage risk across the platform: From onboarding (KYB/KYC) to ongoing merchant monitoring and transaction-level analysis.
Understand and mitigate payments risk: Analyze patterns across transactions, chargebacks, and disputes, and working with partners to prevent and resolve issues.
Improve internal tooling and operations: Develop scalable workflows, systems and controls in close collaboration with product and engineering. Combined with building out dashboards & data analysis on your own to continuously improve how we track and optimize our risk efforts.

3-6+ years of experience in risk, payments, compliance, or fraud-related roles, ideally in fintech, or similar environments.
Hands on experience with
KYC/KYB and merchant onboarding
Transaction monitoring and fraud detection
Chargebacks and dispute handling
Familiarity with payments infrastructure
including how transactions flow, where risk is introduced, and how PSPs and partners operate.
Experience working with or alongside payment service providers, financial platforms, or merchant-facing products.

Meaningful ownership: Small team & large surface area. You’ll directly influence how the company and platform scale.
Product-driven culture: We build to empower the next generation of software companies
and operate with the same builder mindset internally.
Competitive compensation: Salary and equity aligned with the impact of the role.
Exceptional team: Work with highly talented team members distributed across Europe.
Remote-first environment: Work from anywhere in Europe, with a home office setup budget available.
Annual team offsites: As the team is spread across Europe, we gather in person at least once a year to collaborate, plan, and spend time.
Health Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage to support you and your family.
Parental leave: Paid parental leave aligned with the standards and regulations of your local jurisdiction.

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