Fraud Analyst

Los Angeles, CA

About the role

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About

the Role</strong></h3> <p>We're seeking a Fraud Analyst to serve as the founding member of our risk team. In this role, your primary mission is to protect our business infrastructure, secure our payment ecosystem, and defend the platform against direct financial scams and payment abuse. This is a unique opportunity to build fraud prevention strategies and rules-based systems from the ground up.</p> <h3><strong>What You Will Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Establish the Foundation:</strong> Design, implement, and document our company's initial rules-based fraud detection system to create a secure operational baseline</li> <li><strong>Protect Business Assets:</strong> Monitor transactional data, user registrations, and payment flows to identify and mitigate sophisticated merchant-facing financial fraud and payment abuse</li> <li><strong>Leverage Advanced AI: </strong>Utilize cutting-edge LLMs and AI tools to analyze complex data patterns, automate workflows, and rapidly draft behavioral logic rules</li> <li><strong>Drive Business Intelligence: </strong>Query transactional databases, uncover systemic anomalies, and translate data trends into actionable fraud prevention policies</li> <li><strong>Manage the Revenue Lifecycle:</strong> Oversee the end-to-end chargeback dispute process, optimizing evidence submission to maximize recovery while identifying and patching security gaps</li> <li><strong>Align with Customer Operations:</strong> Partner closely with the Director of Customer Service to integrate seamless risk assessment workflows into the customer support experience, ensuring legitimate users face zero friction</li> </ul> <h3><strong>

Qualifications</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline</li> <li>1-3 years of experience in fraud operations, trust & safety, payments risk, or chargeback/dispute operations</li> <li>Highly tech-forward with demonstrated experience leveraging AI platforms (like Claude) to analyze information, structure logical workflows, and scale your daily output</li> <li>Proficiency in SQL for querying databases independently, combined with advanced Excel capabilities for deep-dive transactional analysis</li> <li>Highly autonomous, comfortable navigating ambiguity, and excited by the challenge of building scalable processes where no prior playbook exists</li> <li>Strong foundational understanding of digital payment networks, merchant-side credit card processing, and standard chargeback mechanics</li> <li>Experience with a large payment processor such as Stripe for payments, disputes, etc.</li> </ul> <p>Preferred

Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>Experience with Metabase</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The base salary range listed is a guideline. Actual

compensation is determined based on skills, experience, and the impact you bring. Total

compensation includes base salary,

bonus, and equity.</p></div><div class="title">Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$60,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$80,000 USD</span></div></div></div>

About Arena Club

At Arena Club, we’re igniting a collectibles revolution. Backed by legendary 5× World Series Champion Derek Jeter and trailblazer Brian Lee, we’ve launched the first-ever digital card show—a dynamic marketplace where innovation, transparency, and pure excitement drive everything we do. Our cutting-edge platform offers unparalleled grading, authentication, secure vaulting, and digital pack openings (Slab PacksTM), giving collectors the power to curate unique online showrooms and redefine their collecting experience.

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Job details

Salary

$60,000 - $80,000

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Company

NameArena Club
IndustryArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Team Size3

Funding

Total raised

$25.5M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

M13
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Defy Partners
EElysian Park Ventures
BAM Ventures

Founders

Brian Lee

Brian Lee

Co-Founder & CEO

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JG

Jesse Glass

Co-Founder, CFO & COO

DJ

Derek Jeter

Co-Founder (Founding Partner)

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.