CareerPlan

Director of Engineering, KYX

LondonRemoteFull-time2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead engineering strategy and execution for KYX (KYC/KYB) covering onboarding identity, due diligence, risk scoring, and agentic AI in a regulated banking environment.

Role type

Director of Engineering (Regulated Risk & AI)

Builds

KYX onboarding platform, continuous monitoring systems, and risk scoring models for SME banking

Domain

Fintech / Banking / Regulated Risk / Applied AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Engineering organization leadership, regulated decisioning (fraud/financial crime), machine learning production scale, model lifecycle ownership, distributed team management, platform strategy

Preferred skills

Agentic AI in regulated workflows, unifying separate engineering lines, market-specific logic isolation

Technologies

ML frameworks, agentic AI systems, backend/frontend/data science stacks

Responsibilities

Own engineering strategy and organization for KYX domains; Lead distributed teams across multiple markets; Own KYX Scoring & ML model lifecycle; Scale agentic AI in regulated workflows; Deliver measurable outcomes in conversion, quality, and cost; Build globally deployable architecture with isolated market logic

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership & hands-on technical direction