Engineering Lead - Fincrime
Core
Lead a cross-functional squad to design, build, and operate preventative and detective controls monitoring transactions and customer activity for Wise, shifting strategy from Policy-First to Risk-Driven.
Role type
Senior Engineering Lead (FinCrime)
Builds
Risk detection systems, automated workflows, and internal tooling for operations analysts
Domain
FinTech / Financial Crime / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Engineering leadership, distributed systems at scale, modern languages (React, TypeScript), product & risk mindset, cloud architecture
Preferred skills
FinTech/Financial Crime experience, ML model productionization, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes), high-volume case-management platforms
Technologies
React, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Machine Learning
Responsibilities
Scale detection systems by integrating advanced ML models, architect automated workflows to reduce case handling times, ensure service availability and resilience, partner with Product/Compliance/Data teams to define technical vision
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
