Software Engineer - Screening Controls
Core
Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant screening services for sanctions, politically exposed persons, and adverse media across batch and real-time flows to prevent onboarding of sanctioned individuals and entities.
Role type
Senior IC software engineer (financial crime screening)
Builds
Real-time and batch screening services integrated into Wise's global money transfer platform
Domain
FinTech / Financial Crime Compliance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Java 8+, Spring Framework, microservices architecture, relational database design, query optimization, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing
Preferred skills
Banking or FinCrime domain experience, modern front-end frameworks (React)
Technologies
Java, Spring, React, relational databases
Responsibilities
Design scalable screening services for sanctions and adverse media; implement observability and retry mechanisms to meet latency SLOs; evolve data models and schemas for auditability; partner with Compliance to define controls and rollout plans
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
