What you will be doing:
As a Senior Software Engineer you will be a key player in designing, building, and maintaining the server-side infrastructure that powers our applications. You will be a member of a cross-functional team, collaborate closely with teams across the entire tech organisation, mentoring junior engineers and driving best practices in software development. You will own a high level design and breakout of feature product requirements. If you are passionate about building highly scalable systems and working in a fast-paced, agile environment, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities:
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Design & Architecture: Lead the design and architecture of scalable, secure, and reliable backend systems.
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Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code primarily in Kotlin.
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API Development: Design and implement RESTful and/or gRPC APIs for internal and external consumption.
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Performance Optimisation: Profile and tune backend services for performance and scalability under high loads.
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Collaboration: Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to align on project goals and timelines.
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Mentorship: Mentor junior developers, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
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Code Reviews: Conduct and participate in code reviews to ensure quality, reliability, and performance of the codebase.
- Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Set up monitoring tools and practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and troubleshoot issues in production environments.
About you
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have:
- Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development, with a focus on building and scaling complex systems.
- Expertise in JVM based programming languages (e.g., Kotlin, Java) with Spring Framework.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka).
- Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles and familiarity with gRPC.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
- Knowledge of security best practices, including authentication, authorisation, and data protection.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound technical decisions.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka).
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, including infrastructure as code.
- Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus).
- BSc/BA degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline OR relevant years of experience in required skills.
What’s in it for you?
- Equity participation in our innovative mission to combat financial crime
- Unlimited Time Off Policy to promote work-life balance and well-being
- We embrace a hybrid approach that requires employees to be in the office for two days a week. We strongly believe that this approach fosters collaboration and enables the building of meaningful relationships
- Opportunities for collaboration and career development with smart, like-minded professionals
- Annual learning budget to support professional growth
- A home office budget to support working from home
- Enhanced parental leave and childcare benefits
- Life insurance and medical coverage through BUPA, including pre-existing conditions
- Pension contribution through The People's Pension
About us:
ComplyAdvantage is the financial industry’s leading source of AI-driven financial crime risk data and detection technology. Our mission is to neutralise the risk of money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, and other financial crime.
More than 1000 companies rely on us to understand the risk of who they’re doing business with through the world’s only global, real-time database of people and companies. Our solutions identify thousands of risk events daily from millions of structured and unstructured data points.
We have five global hubs in New York, London, Singapore, Lisbon and Cluj-Napoca and are backed by Goldman Sachs, Ontario Teachers, Index Ventures, and Balderton Capital.
Since 2014, we have raised over $100 million in funding, and in 2022 alone grew by over 40% to over 500 people globally. Over the next 12 months, as our revenue increases, we plan to increase to 600.
At ComplyAdvantage diversity fuels our rocket ship and our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience drives us forward every day. We encourage everyone to apply and aspire to consider every application fairly.
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What We Do
At ComplyAdvantage, we believe that compliance doesn’t have to be painful. Businesses need real-time financial crime insight to put them in control.
We enable you to understand the real risk of who you're doing business with, through the world's only global, real-time risk database of people and companies. We actively identify tens of thousands of risk events from millions of structured and unstructured data points - every single day.
Our suite of configurable cloud services integrates seamlessly to help automate and reduce the frustration of complying with Sanctions, AML and CTF regulations.
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