Director of Engineering, KYX
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