Payment Operations Analyst at Neon Labs

<h2><strong>About Neon</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Neon is a global payments and e-commerce platform designed to help game publishers earn more money and independence from app stores. We believe commerce should be open and transparent: clear decisions, actionable insights, and aligned incentives. Founded by payments, fintech and gaming veterans, Neon focuses on product and partnership excellence: we share the playbook, co-pilot decisions, and abstract away risk and complexity for our customers. We’re replacing old-school, black-box relics with clear, modern, and developer-centric infrastructure.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As an early team member, you’ll have the opportunity to shape and scale Neon’s product and culture, making a direct impact on our growth and success. You’ll join a collaborative, diverse team from world-class companies like Apple, Affirm, Unity, and Visa, backed by renowned VC's including Thrive, a16z, Griffin Gaming, Ribbit, and Renegade. If you want to build disruptive technology, challenge the status quo, and help game creators thrive on their own terms, read on.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Role Overview</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Neon is a gaming-focused Merchant of Record platform serving game publishers globally. We process payments across 50+ markets through multiple PSPs simultaneously, operating as the seller of record across card networks, local wallets, A2A rails, and alternative payment methods.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role owns the operational backbone of that system: dispute and chargeback management, fraud operations, compliance monitoring, payment performance tracking, and operational support for Customer Success. The analyst works across payments, risk, fraud, and compliance — supporting the Head of Payments and Risk, Fraud &amp; Compliance Product Leader across all four functions.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Scope &amp; Responsibilities</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Dispute &amp; Chargeback Operations</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own dispute intake, evidence compilation, and resolution across all active payment processors and markets.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Maintain resolution SLAs and win rate targets; identify and escalate systemic patterns to product and risk leads.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support development of internal dispute tooling as operational infrastructure matures.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Fraud Operations</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Execute fraud investigations and transaction reviews in partnership with the Risk, Fraud &amp; Compliance Product Leader.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Monitor flagged transactions through screening and decisioning tools; escalate blockers and maintain case records.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em