About the Role
The engineer will build and improve backend systems that identify, monitor, and mitigate risks related to money laundering and fraud in financial transactions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend services that support financial crime detection
- Design systems to process transaction data for compliance monitoring
- Collaborate with security and compliance teams to implement regulatory requirements
- Optimize system performance for real-time fraud detection
- Write clean, testable, and maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues promptly
- Integrate with internal and external data sources for risk analysis
- Ensure data integrity and consistency across services
- Support audit trails and reporting for regulatory purposes
- Implement scalable solutions to handle growing transaction volumes
- Contribute to system architecture improvements
- Follow security best practices in all implementations
- Work with monitoring tools to detect anomalies
- Help define metrics for system effectiveness
- Respond to incidents related to financial crime systems
- Maintain documentation for critical components
- Stay current with evolving financial crime tactics
- Collaborate on incident response procedures
- Support integration with third-party risk databases
Nice to Have
- Experience building fraud detection or risk analysis systems
- Knowledge of AML frameworks and transaction monitoring tools
- Familiarity with graph databases for relationship analysis
- Experience with stream processing technologies
- Background in cybersecurity or compliance engineering
- Exposure to machine learning applications in fraud prevention
- Contributions to open-source security projects
- Understanding of KYC processes in financial services
Compensation
Competitive salary and benefits package
Work Arrangement
Remote-friendly with team coordination across time zones
Team
Collaborative engineering team focused on security, compliance, and financial systems
Why This Role Matters
Financial crime prevention is critical to maintaining trust in digital financial systems. This role directly contributes to safeguarding user assets and ensuring regulatory compliance through robust technical solutions.
What You’ll Build
You’ll develop systems that analyze transaction patterns, flag suspicious activity, and support investigations. These tools will be central to maintaining the integrity of financial operations.
Available for qualified candidates
