Senior Software Engineer I - Compliance Reporting

IVP; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Engineer to enhance automation systems for processing financial crime investigations. You will take ownership of complex features, collaborate with junior engineers, and lead technical discussions while ensuring the efficiency of case management platforms. A strong background in Java, Spring, and microservices is required. The position offers the opportunity to significantly impact the handling of sensitive communications among banks and law agencies.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working with Java and Spring framework.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and asynchronous message queues.
• Experience in financial crime investigation processes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Improve automation systems using LLMs for processing inquiries.
• Mentor junior engineers on financial crime investigation.
• Lead discussions on architecture for sensitive communications.

Skills

Java

Spring framework

Microservices architecture

Asynchronous message queues

Financial crime investigation processes

Automation systems

Job description

As a Senior Engineer, you'll contribute significantly to large-sized impactful projects, taking ownership of complex features that improve how we handle external financial crime investigations queries. You'll work on automation systems and intelligent tools that process requests from partner banks and law enforcement agencies while reducing manual handling time and improving customer experience.

Scope of Responsibilities

• Improve automation systems using LLMs to better process incoming emails from law enforcement and partner banks
• Build unified request handling platform that brings together RFI and LE case management workflows
• Develop partner access capabilities enabling law enforcement and partner banks to access customer information more efficiently
• Enhance escalation systems that better identify genuine criminal activity while reducing false positives and customer friction
• Implement automated response generation using LLMs and templating systems for consistent, professional responses
• Optimize suspended transaction handling to minimize customer impact while maintaining compliance

Leadership & Collaboration

• Mentor junior engineers in financial crime investigation processes and external stakeholder management
• Collaborate across FinCrime teams to ensure effective intelligence sharing between investigations, fraud, and sanctions teams
• Lead technical architecture discussions on systems handling sensitive law enforcement and partner communications
• Drive automation improvements by identifying and implementing high-impact optimization opportunities
• Work with external stakeholders including law enforcement agencies and partner banks to improve technical processes

Technical Expertise

• Extensive experience working with Java, Spring framework, asynchronous message queues and have worked with microservices architecture - this is essential
• Build scalable case management platforms that can handle growing request volumes globally
• Implement data enrichment systems that automatically gather relevant customer information
• Create flexible templating systems for generating responses across different jurisdictions and languages

About the company

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move money around the world. Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money.

Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.