Summary
Alyssa Frazee is an experienced engineering manager and former staff/lead software engineer with 12 years building payments, risk, security, and ML systems across high-growth San Francisco companies. Currently leading Payments & Risk at Check, she progressed from senior engineer to manager while consistently owning risk leadership roles that bridge product, security, and machine learning. Her background includes impactful stints at Stripe (security and ML), Deck, and Pilot, where she combined technical leadership with customer-facing product work. Holding a PhD in Biostatistics from Johns Hopkins and a BA in Mathematics, she brings strong quantitative rigor to operational engineering problems. Colleagues value her ability to translate complex probabilistic models into reliable production services and to mentor teams through technically risky migrations and compliance-sensitive domains.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Mathematics at St. Olaf College