Compliance Technology Analyst

Intec Select Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A Global Tier 1 Investment Bank is seeking a Senior Compliance Technology Engineer to shape system architecture and deliver technology solutions for compliance objectives. The ideal candidate will design scalable systems, manage integrations, and engage with stakeholders. Competitive salary of £80,000 with discretionary bonus and hybrid work model are offered.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus

Full corporate benefits

Hybrid work model (3x week in London)

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing system architecture for compliance platforms.
• Strong background in building ETL/ELT data pipelines for financial data.
• Hands-on expertise with microservices and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Own system architecture for AML platforms.
• Design scalable systems for transaction monitoring.
• Manage integrations with third-party data sources.

Skills

System architecture design

ETL/ELT data pipelines

Microservices

Event-driven systems

AML regulatory requirements

Data quality standards

Technical documentation production

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Python

SQL/NoSQL

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Senior Compliance Technology Engineer - Global Tier 1 Investment Bank

A Global Tier 1 Investment Bank is seeking a highly skilled Senior Compliance Technology Engineer. This is a pivotal role within the development team, responsible for shaping system architecture, driving technical best practices, and delivering technology solutions that support complex financial crime, AML, and sanctions screening objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Owning the system architecture of AML platforms (rule engines, alerting systems, data pipelines).
• Designing scalable, secure and high-performance systems for transaction monitoring and analytics.
• Translating regulatory and audit requirements (KYC, CDD, CRR) into actionable technical logic.
• Managing integrations with third-party data sources (PEP lists, sanctions vendors, screenings).
• Acting as a technical intermediary between compliance stakeholders and platform engineering teams.
• Conducting detailed data analysis in line with business and regulatory needs.
• Performing feasibility assessments, estimating resources, timelines and system impact.
• Producing technical documentation including CD/HLD/LLD/DFD.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience designing and owning system architecture for large-scale compliance or AML platforms.
• Strong background building and optimising ETL/ELT data pipelines handling high-volume financial data.
• Hands‑on expertise with microservices, APIs and event‑driven systems (e.g., Kafka).
• Ability to translate AML regulatory requirements (KYC, CDD, CRR) into technical logic and platform rules.
• Experience with rule engines and tuning logic to reduce false positives in transaction monitoring.
• Solid understanding of data quality, lineage, reconciliation and auditability standards.
• Comfortable working across diverse technical stacks (Python, SQL/NoSQL, Kubernetes, CI/CD tooling).
• Proven ability to lead technical design, produce HLD/LLD documentation and conduct detailed data analysis.
• Previous work with sanctions, transaction monitoring, surveillance or broader financial crime technologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, acting as a bridge between compliance, risk, product and engineering teams.

Package

• £80,000
• Discretionary bonus
• Full corporate benefits
• Hybrid (3x week in London)