Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Cloud & Financial Crime Prevention | SEB, Solna

SEB; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

SEB in Sweden seeks a software engineer to join our cloud-first Financial Crime Prevention initiative. You will work at the intersection of cloud, data, and AI to build secure, scalable software that solves real customer needs.

This role blends deep engineering with practical business impact, emphasizing automation, reliability and rapid delivery while partnering with domain experts to understand transactional monitoring and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on software engineering experience across cloud-native design.
• Analytical mindset with ability to solve complex software problems.
• Experience designing and building complex systems in a distributed environment.
• Interest or experience in AI-assisted, agentic development and modern engineering practices.
• Ability to own problems from discovery to production with minimal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Design and build cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
• Drive agentic and specification-driven development processes.
• Apply AI across coding, testing, debugging and code reviews.
• Solve complex software, data and distributed-system challenges.
• Strengthen automation, CI/CD, observability and engineering quality.
• Collaborate with domain experts to understand Transaction Monitoring and Financial Crime Prevention.
• Turn business problems into scalable software solutions.
• Help shape technical direction and continuously improve delivery.

Skills

Hands-on software engineering

Analytical problem solving

System design experience

AI-assisted development interest

Ambiguity navigation

Collaboration and communication

Curiosity and fast learning

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

SEB is more than a bank. We are a technology-driven financial institution where everything starts from our customer needs and business outcomes. AI, data and modern engineering are natural parts of how we work, build and deliver value. From core banking platforms to agentic AI, automation, cybersecurity and cloud, we offer a broad tech landscape and many paths to grow. Together, we are shaping secure, responsible and future-proof solutions for our customers and society. Are you ready to take on a new challenge?

Build the future of Financial Crime Prevention at SEB

SEB is building a next-generation Transaction Monitoring platform on Google Cloud Platform, replacing legacy solutions with a scalable, secure and modern platform.

We are looking for an exceptional software engineer and problem-solver who wants to work at the intersection of cloud, data, AI and Financial Crime Prevention.

This is more than a traditional development role. You will combine deep engineering expertise with an agentic and Forward Deployed Engineering mindset, working close to the business to understand real problems and turn them into effective software.

The goal is simple: build better software, faster, without compromising security, reliability or engineering quality.

What You Will Do

• Design and build cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform
• Drive agentic and specification-driven development
• Apply AI across coding, testing, debugging, code review and engineering workflows
• Solve complex software, data and distributed-system challenges
• Strengthen automation, CI/CD, observability and engineering quality
• Work directly with domain experts to understand Transaction Monitoring and Financial Crime Prevention
• Turn business problems into practical, scalable software solutions
• Help shape technical direction and continuously find better and simpler ways to deliver

What we are looking for

We value exceptional engineers and problem-solvers more than a perfect technology match.

• Strong hands-on software engineering experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability
• Experience designing and building complex systems
• Experience or strong interest in AI-assisted, agentic and specification-driven development
• The ability to navigate ambiguity and take ownership from problem to production
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Curiosity and the ability to learn complex business domains quickly

Experience with Google Cloud Platform, distributed systems, large-scale data processing, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and modern engineering practices is highly valuable.

Experience in banking, Transaction Monitoring or Financial Crime Prevention is an advantage, but not a requirement.

The mindset matters

We are looking for people who take ownership, challenge constructively and turn problems into solutions. You are curious, open to feedback and willing to understand the business behind the technology.

Why join us?

Work at the intersection of cloud, large-scale data, Financial Crime Prevention and agentic AI, helping shape both what we build and how we build it.

If you want to solve meaningful problems and push modern software engineering forward, we would like to hear from you.

Help us build the next generation of Financial Crime Prevention technology.

Do you want to be part of SEB?

It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.

Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and history of crime. In some cases, we also apply random drug checks. During employment, employees within SEB can also expect to undergo recurring background checks.

SEB Sweden has a redeployment responsibility, which means that this position might be covered by internal redeployment.

The employment is covered by collective agreements signed between Finansarbetsgivarna and Akademikerföreningen and between Finansarbetsgivarna and Finansförbundet.

Learn more about working at SEB on our Career website or through our Career podcasts.

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