Remote Global Compliance Platform Architect

j&l apex advisory; Singapore; On-site; SGD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

J&L Apex Advisory Pte. Ltd. seeks a senior engineering leader to own the architecture and delivery of the compliance platform, including KYC, AML, KYB, sanctions screening and risk monitoring.

Based remotely with Singapore/HK base preferred, you will design scalable, secure systems, mentor an engineering team, and collaborate with Compliance, Legal and Product to automate regulatory capability. You’ll own end-to-end architecture from rule engine to data retention, aligning policy with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams, with real capability in technical planning, architecture, team building and cross-team collaboration
• Blockchain industry engineering experience, with familiarity with core exchange business and compliance frameworks
• Working knowledge of KYC, AML, KYB, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and customer risk rating
• Experience designing large-scale distributed systems for high concurrency and high availability: microservices, message queues, rule engines, permission management, data platforms
• English fluent enough to work directly with overseas product, engineering and compliance teams day to day
• Strong delivery drive, cross-functional influence and technical leadership

Responsibilities

• End-to-end technical architecture for the compliance platform: KYC, AML, KYB, risk control, sanctions screening and transaction monitoring
• Design and continuous optimisation of identity verification, customer risk rating, rule engine, case management and audit logging systems
• A highly available, secure and scalable real-time risk and compliance architecture running 24/7
• Integration and ongoing governance of third-party compliance services — KYC vendors, on-chain analytics, sanctions lists, Travel Rule infrastructure
• Data governance, access management, privacy protection and compliance data retention, meeting global regulatory and audit requirements
• Building and leading the engineering team: architecture standards, development process, mentoring, and cross-region collaboration
• Close partnership with Compliance, Risk, Legal, Security and Product to productise and automate compliance capability

Skills

Leadership

Architecture design

Cross-team collaboration

Blockchain experience

KYC/AML knowledge

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microservices design

Data governance tools

Job description

J&L Apex Advisory Pte. Ltd. seeks a senior engineering leader to own the architecture and delivery of the compliance platform, including KYC, AML, KYB, sanctions screening and risk monitoring.

Based remotely with Singapore/HK base preferred, you will design scalable, secure systems, mentor an engineering team, and collaborate with Compliance, Legal and Product to automate regulatory capability. You’ll own end-to-end architecture from rule engine to data retention, aligning policy with