About the job
About Us
At Riskified, we empower businesses to fuel their ecommerce growth by mitigating risks. Our platform is trusted by some of the largest global brands and publicly traded companies, offering guaranteed protection against chargebacks and combating fraud and policy abuse at scale, all while enhancing customer retention. With a dedicated team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists, and researchers, our AI-driven fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes individual interactions to deliver real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. We proudly partner with leading companies across various industries, including Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, and GoPro.
We thrive in a collaborative environment, working alongside talented individuals to build products that truly matter. Our mission-driven approach provides us with a sense of purpose and a lasting impact, which is why we choose to be part of Riskified every day.
About the Role
We are seeking a Web Development Team Lead to oversee and enhance our global, multilingual marketing website built on WordPress. This position straddles the realms of marketing, branding, and technology, with accountability for the website's performance, scalability, and reliability across diverse regions and languages.
In this hands-on leadership role, you will guide a small web development team, contribute directly to code, and set the technical vision for building, shipping, testing, and scaling our marketing web platform. You will collaborate closely with Marketing, Design, and external partners to deliver an exceptional digital experience while fostering the technical growth of the team.
What You'll Be Doing
Technical Ownership & Delivery
- Take full ownership of the global marketing website, focusing on architecture, performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
- Design, develop, and maintain WordPress sites using Bedrock and Sage with Laravel-based architecture principles.
- Build and manage custom Gutenberg blocks and reusable components.
- Lead technical planning and execution for new features, integrations, and growth experiments.
- Optimize site performance, SEO, accessibility, and Core Web Vitals metrics.
- Ensure high availability through monitoring, maintenance, and incident response.
Team Leadership & Growth
- Lead and mentor a web development team with a focus on continuous improvement and technical excellence.

