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About the Role
We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Lead to build and scale our Compliance & Risk Platform. This role focuses on backend engineering and technical leadership for compliance systems, including KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, operational tooling, and internal risk infrastructure. You will collaborate with Compliance, Product, Operations, and Engineering teams to develop scalable systems that meet global regulatory requirements while ensuring product and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of backend systems for compliance and risk products.
- Build scalable services and APIs primarily using Go.
- Own the technical architecture for compliance-related systems, including onboarding, monitoring, restrictions, and internal tooling.
- Partner closely with Compliance, Risk, AML Ops, and Product teams to translate regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Design reliable, auditable, and secure systems with strong observability and operational workflows.
- Improve automation and operational efficiency across compliance processes.
- Mentor engineers and help establish strong engineering standards and backend best practices.
- Participate in hiring and help scale the engineering team.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong backend engineering expertise, particularly with Go.
- Experience building production-grade APIs and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of system reliability, security, and auditability.
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with compliance and operational stakeholders.
- Startup mindset with strong ownership and execution ability.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern engineering workflows.
Skills
- Go
- Backend Engineering
- API Development
- Distributed Systems
- System Reliability
- Security
- Auditability
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Modern Engineering Workflows
- KYC/KYB
- AML
- Sanctions Screening
- Transaction Monitoring
- Operational Tooling
- Event-driven Architectures
- High-scale Backend Systems
- AWS/GCP
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
About the Company
- We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Lead to build and scale our Compliance & Risk Platform.