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$180,000–$200,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own the full lifecycle of payments operations including onboarding, underwriting, monitoring, disputes, and support.
  • Build and deploy AI-native decisioning systems and automation to scale operations.
  • Manage portfolio-level risk and partner with cross-functional teams to drive performance.

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  • Define and build the internal systems, workflows, and decisioning infrastructure that power Wave's payments operations.
  • Own the strategy and roadmap for tools used by Risk, Fraud, Compliance, Support, Finance, and Payments Operations teams.
  • Replace fragmented workflows and manual processes with scalable platform capabilities to improve operational efficiency and customer outcomes.

Wave provides financial software and services to help small businesses thrive. The company fosters a creative and energetic culture where employees are empowered to be bold and learn quickly.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Drive AI transformation by leveraging LLMs and automation to reduce operating costs and improve customer experience.
  • Oversee daily back-office operations for disputes workflows across multiple products, ensuring timely and compliant resolution.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Compliance, and Engineering to design automated workflows and assess downstream impacts.

OnePay is a consumer fintech platform that brings together banking, high-yield savings, credit cards, investing, and crypto. Backed by Walmart and Ribbit Capital, it is a high-growth company with a mission-driven culture.

Global

  • Lead end-to-end non-customer-facing operations including fraud prevention, dispute resolution, and back-office compliance.
  • Own the function's people, workflows, vendor stack, and automation strategy to scale efficiently.
  • Serve as the executive-facing voice for risk operations, ensuring regulatory defensibility and clear communication of tradeoffs.

Tilt uses machine learning to provide fair credit access beyond traditional credit scores, serving millions globally. They foster a collaborative culture with a remote-first team across 14 countries, emphasizing impact and mutual respect.

United States

  • Lead development of AI-driven credit risk analytics and portfolio management frameworks.
  • Serve as the connect point between Credit Risk and Capital Markets, translating complex models into investor narratives.
  • Drive strategic initiatives to enhance risk-adjusted returns and support scalable growth through advanced analytics.

Achieve is a digital personal finance company that helps people move from struggling to thriving through innovative financial solutions. Since 2002, we've grown into one of the largest private consumer fintech unicorns in the U.S. with over 3,000 employees in hybrid and remote roles across the country.

$150,000–$165,000/yr
US

  • Map operational workflows across Sales and broader organization to identify friction and build scalable AI-powered solutions.
  • Partner with Revenue Operations to design and deploy intelligent workflows, automations, and playbooks.
  • Drive adoption by creating documentation, guardrails, and training to ensure systems are embraced and trusted.

1mind builds the next generation of revenue teams with a platform that deploys AI-powered Superhumans to serve buyers across the entire journey. As a rapidly growing startup, the company fosters a high-ownership, collaborative culture where every team member drives impact.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Own end-to-end credit strategy, risk modeling, and portfolio performance for embedded lending products, ensuring seamless translation of data into underwriting decisions.
  • Drive data integrity, source new signals, and build monitoring frameworks to optimize approval rates and loss performance across all credit products.
  • Lead a team of seven risk specialists, fostering analytical rigor and accountability while collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Capital Markets.

Pipe builds embedded capital for small businesses through credit products inside software platforms like vertical SaaS and marketplaces. It is a remote-first team with 250% ARR growth year over year, partnerships with major brands like Uber Eats, and a culture of high trust and no ego.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Own daily payment operations across all PSPs, including settlement monitoring, reconciliation, and refund flows.
  • Build and maintain operational dashboards and optimize payment vendor billing.
  • Source and qualify new payment partners, lead commercial negotiations, and maintain CRM pipeline.

Progress Partners is a fast-growing technology company building next-generation SaaS and mobile platforms. We blend creativity with data-driven execution and our global team collaborates across time zones to deliver high-impact products used by millions in over 160 countries.

$169,000–$298,000/yr
US

  • Own new business lines from zero to scale, taking a bet from concept to durable revenue.
  • Set the strategy, sequence bets, and build the go-to-market from the ground up.
  • Own the economics, model unit economics, and drive alignment across product, marketing, sales, engineering, and partnerships.

Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to democratize access to life insurance. With a three-sided platform, Ethos transforms the experience for consumers, agents, and carriers, and is backed by a fast-moving, AI-native team.