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Lead Software Engineer

Overwatch · Boston · On-site

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About Overwatch

Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Be part of a team of engineers helping organizations fight fraud and abuse. We help organizations move beyond alerts, dashboards, and static reports by turning threat intelligence into automated monitoring, investigations, due diligence, and decision-ready risk workflows.

What they're looking for

  • Lead & Mentor: Act as a technical lead for others. You’ll mentor junior engineers, provide constructive feedback to peers and management, and resolve conflicts with a respectful, constructive approach
More about this role

Be part of a team of engineers helping organizations fight fraud and abuse. We help organizations move beyond alerts, dashboards, and static reports by turning threat intelligence into automated monitoring, investigations, due diligence, and decision-ready risk workflows. Our platform continuously monitors global signals, from news, social media, domains, and open web sources to alternative forums, criminal marketplaces, and the dark web, using AI agents, machine learning, and human analyst expertise to filter noise, connect context, and surface what matters.

As a Lead Software Engineer you are more than just a contributor; you are a force multiplier. You don't just write code; you design and build complete projects, reduce architectural complexity, and act as a domain expert. You know best practices and how to incorporate them in your daily work. You’ve taken in-use systems and rebuilt them while they are serving customers. You will be laying the groundwork for the future of threat intelligence while shipping high-impact work today.

  • Architect & Simplify: Independently gather stakeholder requirements, design and implement high-impact, complex systems. You will be expected to...

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