Senior Merchant Underwriter at Coinflow

Company: Coinflow

Location: Chicago

Type: FULL_TIME

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<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>About Coinflow</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Coinflow is the next-generation payment service provider revolutionizing global financial infrastructure with stablecoins, AI-driven fraud prevention, and instant settlement. Coinflow enables businesses to grow faster with instant settlement, fraud &amp; chargeback indemnity, global pay-ins, multi-currency FX, and unified payouts. Founded in 2023, the company serves marketplaces, fintechs, remittance providers, gaming platforms, and ecommerce merchants worldwide.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Since our seed round in 2024, we’ve achieved 23x revenue growth and scaled to multi-billion-dollar annual transaction volume. In response to this growth, Coinflow announced a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinflow.cash/blog/coinflows-series-a"><u>$25M Series A</u></a> in October 2025—led by Pantera Capital, CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Crypto, and Reciprocal Ventures—accelerating our mission to power the world’s fastest-moving businesses with innovative, reliable global payments.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Coinflow is proudly headquartered in Chicago, IL. Learn more at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://coinflow.cash"><u>coinflow.cash</u></a>.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>The Role</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As a Senior Merchant Underwriter, you will perform critical analyses on all merchant applications. This includes reviews of licenses, legal opinions, transaction activity, and credit risk. You will hold independent decision making authority for standard merchant applications and serve as a lead advisor for high-risk sectors (e.g., Crypto, Real Money Gaming, Remittance); for these complex reviews, you will determine the optimal underwriting posture and present formal approval, approval with mitigation, or decline recommendations to risk &amp; executive leadership.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>What You'll Do</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>New Business Underwriting: </strong>Evaluate merchant applications, ensuring that merchants are operating Legally, within Card Scheme Rules, and within Coinflow’s operational risk appetite. This includes credit reviews to ensure financial stability and the ability to cover potential chargeback liabilities.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Backbook &amp; Portfolio Reviews:</strong> Complete refresher reviews of the existing merchant portfolio, such as reviewing updated licenses, legal opinions, or Financial Statements to ensure that merchants are still operating compliantly and manage any changes to their risk profile.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Alert Investigation:</strong> Perform investigations on Chargeback Spikes, ACH Returns, or other i

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