<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>About Skillz</strong></span></h2> <p>If you want to build, own, and see your impact — join Skillz and level up your career.</p> <p>Skillz is the competition infrastructure platform that powers real-money, skill-based tournaments inside mobile games. We didn't just enter the competitive gaming market — we invented it. Founded in 2012 by entrepreneur and inventor Andrew Paradise, Skillz built the category from scratch: the patented matchmaking, identity, payments, fraud protection, and developer tools that make fair, real-stakes competition possible at scale.</p> <p>Skillz hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide and is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.</p> <p>Today, Skillz is part of FIRY — a global holding company operating at the intersection of gaming, AI-powered performance marketing, and developer infrastructure. Alongside RZR, our AI-driven ad network, and Beamable, our backend and LiveOps platform, Skillz sits at the center of a compounding data flywheel that no standalone competitor can replicate. 800,000+ daily tournaments. $7.5 billion in lifetime prizes paid to players. 90 million registered users.</p> <p>We're a high-conviction team of builders who came from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, X, Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts, and more. We operate like a startup, hold ourselves to high standards, and move fast with purpose. If you want to work on infrastructure that matters — and be part of a team that fights for what it builds — Skillz is the right place.</p> <h2 id="About-the-job" data-renderer-start-pos="139"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">About the job</strong></span></h2> <p>The Fair Play Agent is a key member of the Trust & Safety organization, dedicated to maintaining a trustworthy competitive environment for all Skillz players. In this role, you will work on the front lines of game-integrity protection by reviewing gameplay reports, identifying suspicious activity, and enforcing Fair Play policies with consistency and accuracy. You will investigate complex cases involving sandbagging, collusion, geospoofing, and other fraudulent behaviors, ensuring every decision is supported by evidence and aligned with platform policies.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3072"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Responsibilities </strong></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 2;">Daily, monitor all Fair Play queues (Sandbagging, Collusion, Match Fairness, Exploits) and review gameplay reports to identify suspicious activity, rule violations, or potential fraud.</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Investigate sandbagging, cheating, geospoofing, suspicious profit spikes, and other fraudulent behaviors; resolve cases in Zendesk with consistent, policy-aligned decisions.</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Verify player locations using GeoComply and identify attempts to circumvent geo-restrictions; enforce cash-disabled state rules and partner with the Payments team to analyze high-risk withdrawal cases </li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Perform sandbagging audits, analyze gameplay trends, export data, and surface repeat-offender or emerging fraud patterns for team review and continuous improvement.</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Collaborate with Payments and VIP Support teams to remediate incidents, support appeals, and ensure actions are well-documented and aligned with Fair Play standards.</li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3166"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Key Competencies </strong></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 2;">Game-Integrity Investigations: Ability to identify cheating patterns, sandbagging, collusion, and gameplay manipulation.</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Risk & Geo-Compliance Expertise: Skilled in detecting geospoofing, VPN/proxy usage, and restricted-state circumvention using GeoComply and similar tools.</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Ticketing & Documentation Excellence: Strong accuracy in case handling, record-keeping, and policy-aligned decision-making within Zendesk and internal systems.</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Data Handling & Reporting: Capable of exporting, analyzing, and summarizing gameplay and investigation data to identify trends and operational gaps.</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Detail Orientation & Judgment: High integrity, strong decision-making skills, and the ability to adapt to evolving fraud patterns and tools.</li> </ul> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3222"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li style="line-height: 2;">1+ year experience in gameplay review, fraud detection, Trust & Safety, or Fair Play operations (required).</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Hands-on experience with Zendesk or a similar ticketing system (like Jira) (required)</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Experience conducting audits, exporting reporting data, and analyzing behavioral or transactional anomalies (required).</li> <li style="line-height: 2;">Prior work with Payments, Fraud, or Operations teams in high volume environment (required).</li> <li>Experience identifying