Fraud Analyst

Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company!

As a Fraud Analyst in our Gurgaon office, you will be responsbile for detecting, investigating, and preventing fraudulent activities originating from advertisers within Taboola's ecosystem. You will work with large data sets, uncover suspicious patterns, and partner with cross-functional teams to build strong fraud-prevention mechanisms. Your work plays a vital role in protecting user safety, maintaining publisher trust, and ensuring the integrity of Taboola's advertising platform.

To thrive in this role, you'll need:

• 2+ years in a data analyst or fraud analysis role
• Strong SQL experience (advanced queries, joins, large datasets)
• Experience with BI tools like Tableau, QlikSense, or similar
• Excellent communication skills; ability to work with global stakeholders with strong analytical, investigative, and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to multitask and manage several investigations at once
• Proven track record in identifying trends and translating them into actions
• Excellent English (written and verbal)
• Technical Skills (Enhanced as requested)
• Strong Python knowledge (data analysis, automation scripts)
• Experience with automation workflows and custom fraud-detection scripts
• Understanding of web technologies, including:
• HAR file reading & network debugging
• JavaScript behavior and basic script interpretation
• Redirect chain analysis
• Browser/F12 developer tools
• Familiarity with fraud signals (IP reputation, device fingerprinting, VPN/proxy detection)

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience working with Machine Learning models or building ETLs
• Degree in Finance, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in advertiser fraud, malvertising, or ad-tech risk management
• Familiarity with fraud-prevention platforms or cybersecurity tools
• Experience with Salesforce or Jira
• Previous experience in a similar role (major plus)

How you'll make an impact:

As a Fraud Analyst, you'll bring value by:

• End-to-End Advertiser Fraud Case Investigation
  Handle daily fraud alerts and suspicious advertiser activities. Conduct full investigations to determine risk, identify fraud types (malvertising, cloaking, policy abuse, billing fraud), and recommend enforcement actions.
• Deep Data Analysis & Pattern Detection
  Use SQL, Python, and log-level data to identify abnormal advertiser behaviors, such as:
  • Traffic anomalies
  • Cloaking-based redirects
  • IP/geo manipulation
  • User-agent spoofing
  • Suspicious spend patterns
  • Policy-violating landing pages
• Technical Fraud Investigation
  • Perform hands-on, technical analysis, including:
  • HAR file investigation (network calls, redirects, cloaking detection)
  • Landing page debugging
  • Basic JavaScript review to detect malicious scripts
  • Analyzing device, browser, and fingerprint-level indicators
  • Malware/malvertising and redirect chain analysis
• Real-Time Monitoring & Alert Handling
  Review real-time advertiser risk alerts, validate automated system outputs, prevent false negatives, and take immediate actions such as:
  • Pausing advertiser campaigns
  • Blocking malicious creatives
  • Escalating severe cases to policy/relevant teams
• Reporting, Documentation & RCA
  Prepare clear investigation summaries, fraud pattern reports, weekly trends, and root-cause analysis documents for internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Fraud Prevention & Strategy
  Support the creation and refinement of advertiser-centric fraud detection rules, policies, and preventive workflows.
• Research & Continuous Learning
  Stay informed about emerging fraud tactics in online advertising, browser-level evasion techniques, malware behavior, and new cyber-fraud patterns.

Why Taboola?

If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they'll tell you that they've been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They'll also share more about:

• Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; "You can copy anything from another business but you can't copy a company's culture.
• Well-being: Enjoy a range of locally relevant benefits and workplace perks.
• Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office with an option to come in more often if desired.
• Work with some of the biggest names: We work with some of the biggest names in the business. Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda.

Ready to realize your potential?

Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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About Taboola

Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.

Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola's powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola's technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.
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