Staff Software Engineer Risk API (JVM)

Were looking for an experienced Senior Product Engineer to join the Servicing Platform Squad / Risk Assessment Group. Youll be instrumental in building the core Risk Triggering API and its underlying platform which is critical for real-time transaction and user behavior risk assessment.

This role sits at the intersection of Product and Financial Crime (FinCrime) teams offering a unique opportunity to gain deep expertise in both fast-paced product development and the stringent requirements of financial security and compliance.

You will be the driving force behind the platforms reliability and integrity focusing on:

• API Excellence: Defining and owning the API contracts in close collaboration with Product and FinCrime teams.

• Data Integrity: Establishing best practices for Data Quality Data Lineage and Data Governance within the risk assessment pipeline.

• Scalable Solutions: Designing and implementing robust solutions that can be quickly understood and scaled across multiple distinct risk domains and products.

• Problem-Solving: Diving into complex domain problems identifying the root causes and proposing elegant scalable engineering solutions.

What will you be working on

You will join the team at a pivotal moment with your contributions being immediately visible and critical to the success of the entire Risk Assessment platform.

The core challenge for the teamand your immediate focusis to fundamentally re-engineer the current integration between our Product and Financial Crime (FinCrime) domains.

Your immediate impact will be to:

• Define the Future Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of robust scalable abstractions that satisfy the needs of both fast-moving Product teams and compliance-critical FinCrime teams.

• Establish Integrity: Set the engineering standard for data quality lineage and API contracts from day one building a foundation of reliability.

• Solve the Abstraction Problem: Build the Risk Triggering API that cleanly separates the business logic of risk assessment from underlying systems moving the organization away from tight brittle coupling.

• Accelerate Delivery: Directly enable faster safer feature development for Product while significantly strengthening the defensive posture of the FinCrime Group.

In short you will be designing the core contract that governs how the company assesses and manages financial risk for years to come.

Qualifications :

What do you need

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!

• A strong product mindset and passion for user experience you prioritise work with the customers in mind and  make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points

• Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audience

• You enjoy writing testable code and believe in Test Driven Development

• You believe in and follow best coding practices code reviews and open feedback

• Experience with Distributed and Concurrent Systems

• Hands on knowledge of system integration patterns 

• A proven track record as a senior software engineer.

• Strong experience building and maintaining production APIs (preferably high-throughput low-latency systems).

• A solid understanding of data management concepts including lineage quality and governance.

Additional Information :

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  Remote Work :

  No

  
  

  Employment Type :

  Full-time