HARD

Design a Fraud Detection System

Design a real-time fraud detection system for financial transactions that can identify suspicious patterns with minimal false positives.

Estimated Time: 45 minutes
#ML Pipeline#Real-time#Rule Engine#Feature Store
Solution Overview

Combine rule-based detection with ML models. Use streaming for real-time scoring. Implement feedback loop for model improvement.

Hints to Get Started
1

Latency requirements for transaction approval

2

Balance between false positives and fraud catch rate

3

Feature engineering for fraud patterns

Components
  • Rule Engine
  • ML Scoring Service
  • Feature Store
  • Case Management
  • Feedback Loop
Detection Methods
  • Velocity checks
  • Behavioral analysis
  • Network analysis
  • Anomaly detection