Engineering Manager

What you will be doing: We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Engineering Manager to join our innovative Tech Team. You will collaborate across functions, engaging in both the design and implementation of high-performance systems crucial for detecting financial risks.  As an Engineering Manager, you will:  Take ownership for your team, being responsible for current team members growth and development, plus hiring and onboarding new team members  Foster a positive and thriving work environment that promotes innovation.

Mentor and coach your team, maintaining a learning mindset and openness to new ideas and technologies. Set the direction for your team and take accountability for tech decisions.  Work alongside with your product counterpart, being accountable for delivery against the roadmap. Collaborate, both within your team and across the tribe to ensure your team’s implementation meets industry standards.

Report to the Director of Engineering, and will work with the other Engineering Managers in the tribe.  Working as a group, you will own cross-team initiatives and improvements. Our Tech Stack: Our technology stack is designed to run on public cloud architectures, notably AWS and GCP Development is organised around Kotlin and Python for our backend languages and TypeScript/ES6+React for our frontend stack We make substantial use of relational database technologies, notably Postgres, Yugabyte We also use an event-sourced model powered by Kafka for our communication bus and gRPC for our intra-service communication protocol We use modern observability solutions from Grafana Cloud and deploy our code using ArgoCD We have a strong emphasis on engineering excellence and strive to ship the best possible code and the best possible solutions to our customers About you As an Engineering Manager, you will have: Proven experience in managing and growing high-performing engineering teams.

Strong knowledge of engineering best practices, including architecture and testing. Past or current experience in a JVM-based language or Python. Experience with data-intensive applications and relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle). Expertise in designing and building microservices. Excellent communication and writing skills, including the ability to write clear technical documentation.

Experience collaborating with product and commercial teams. Nice to haves: Experience with AWS and Docker/Kubernetes. Background in startup or scale-up environments If you are passionate about leading teams, driving technical excellence, and working in a collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you! Join us in creating scalable and efficient systems that make a difference in financial risk detection.

Benefits

Equity as we want you to have a part of what we are building  Unlimited Time Off Policy- A work-life balance and focus on our well-being are critical to keeping us performing at our best  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 You will also get a new starter budget to kit out your home office  Opportunity to work on innovative projects with smart-minded people keen to share their knowledge and continuously improve  Annual learning budget (prorated based on start date) to drive your performance and career development  About us: Our mission is to empower every business to eliminate financial crime.  By harnessing AI, a unified platform, and an extensive partner ecosystem, we help customers turn compliance into a catalyst for growth, operational resilience, and enduring regulatory trust.

More than 3,000 enterprises across 75 countries rely on our end-to-end platform and the world’s most comprehensive financial crime risk intelligence. With full-stack agentic automation, we help organizations automate up to 95% of KYC, AML, and sanctions reviews, cut onboarding times by 50%, reduce false positives by 70%, and handle 7x more work with the same staff.

ComplyAdvantage is headquartered in London and has global hubs in New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and Cluj-Napoca. It is backed by Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Goldman Sachs, and Andreessen Horowitz. Learn more about compliance re-engineered for the age of AI at complyadvantage.com.

We get up every day to help our customers power a safer, stronger financial system through smarter decisions. Our AI-driven solutions provide the insights our customers need to manage their financial crime and compliance obligations effectively.

More than 1000 companies trust our rich, data-driven platform, which compiles information from various sources and is constantly updated with new information about high-risk individuals, entities, and activities.

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