Senior Software Engineer - Labyrinth Screening

RipJar; Camden Town; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Camden Town is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their mission against global financial crime. You will work on advanced AI-powered platforms, contributing to building features that help prevent money laundering and fraud. Ideal candidates should have solid experience in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python, and knowledge in distributed systems and modern DevOps practices. This role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and the option for fully remote working.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Christmas week shutdown

Birthday holiday

35-hour working week

Private Family Healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension contributions

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Latest technology including MacBook Pro

Free food and drink

Fully remote working

Qualifications

• Passionate about solving complex problems and building great software.
• Curious and adaptable, ready to grow.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and ship cutting-edge features.
• Shape scalable, multi-tenant, cloud-first architecture.
• Upgrade DevOps ecosystem for rapid delivery.
• Collaborate with various disciplines for reliable solutions.
• Continuously improve platform performance and developer experience.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js, React)

Distributed systems

Event streaming (Kafka, Kubernetes)

Databases (MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch)

Modern DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Senior Software Engineer – Labyrinth Screening

Ripjar specialises in the development of software and data products that help governments and organisations combat serious financial crime. Our technology is used to identify criminal activity such as money laundering, enabling organisations to enforce sanctions at scale and help combat rogue entities and state actors.

Location: London
Salary: £64,957 per year (estimated)
Employment type: Full time

Team mission:

Our engineering team builds software that makes the world a safer place. We work collectively to use technology, creativity and engineering best practice to solve problems that nobody else can.

What you'll be doing:

Join us in the fight against global financial crime. At Ripjar, our engineers are building Labyrinth Screening – an advanced AI‑powered platform that helps major financial institutions detect and prevent money laundering and fraud in real time. Your work will directly protect people and organisations from criminal networks around the world.

You'll contribute to our customers' success by designing, developing and shipping features to prevent money laundering and financial crime.

Key technology challenges this year include:

• Developing our scalable, multi‑tenant, cloud‑based SaaS‑first architecture.
• Upgrading our DevOps tooling to ship code fast with certainty.
• Harnessing the power of Labyrinth Screening to work with new types of data at scale within Ripjar's wider financial crime solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and ship cutting‑edge features that stop criminals in their tracks.
• Shape our scalable, multi‑tenant, cloud‑first architecture to handle billions of data points.
• Upgrade and evolve our DevOps ecosystem to deliver code rapidly and confidently.
• Collaborate across disciplines – engineering, product, UX, and operations – to turn bold ideas into reliable, production‑ready solutions.
• Continuously improve our platform's performance, reliability, and developer experience.

Requirements

We're looking for passionate engineers who love solving complex problems and building great software. You don't need to tick every box – if you're curious, adaptable, and ready to grow, we want to hear from you.

Ideal experience includes:

• JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js, React) or Python
• Distributed systems and event streaming (Kafka, Kubernetes)
• Databases and search indexes (MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch)
• Modern DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

• Competitive salary DOE
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service
• Christmas week shut down
• Your birthday as a holiday
• 35 hour working week only
• Private Family Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension salary sacrifice and company contributions
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• The latest tech, including a top‑of‑the‑range MacBook Pro
• Free food and drink
• Fully remote working