Ebury is an SME-focused cross-border payments platform.
<div class="content-intro"><p>Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed.</p> <p>If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future.</p></div><p><strong>Senior Software Engineer (Fincrime)</strong></p> <p><strong>London Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home</strong></p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">The FinCrime Core team is responsible for Ebury's AML (Anti-Money Laundering) platform. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help us build and maintain high-reliability, low-latency systems that directly impact our regulatory compliance. In this role, you will work on mission-critical features, including real-time sanctions screening and transaction monitoring, ensuring that Ebury maintains the highest standards of safety and auditability in a regulated global environment.</p> <h4 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Responsibilities</h4> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Contribute to the development of our AML platform's services, focusing on high reliability and scalability for real-time sanctions screening and transaction monitoring. You will be responsible for both delivering new features and improving/automating existing ones.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Collaborate with your team members and engineering leaders to design complex event-driven services (using Kafka/SNS/SQS) and components using our Request For Comments (RFC) process.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Coach and mentor less experienced team members, positively changing the trajectory of the team and serving as a technical escalation point for critical compliance issues.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead product initiatives from discovery to delivery, working closely with product and compliance teams to ensure business requirements are translated into robust, audit-ready technical solutions.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">In line with our "You build it, you own it" philosophy, we expect you to take full ownership of the products you build, embracing both their development and ongoing maintenance in a regulated, high-availability environment.</li> </ul> <h4 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">About You</h4> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Extensive experience developing complex software systems, specifically for high-volume, low-latency environments. We mainly work with Python, but strong OOP fundamentals are what matter most.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Adept at both constructing and managing services, with proficiency in establishing standard APIs, implementing observability (logging, metrics, alerting), and integrating external systems.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with event-driven architectures and Kafka.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A quality-first mindset: your code should be testable and well-covered with unit and integration tests. We use CI/CD (Jenkins/GHA) and Terraform for deployment, and you may need to contribute to these workflows from time to time.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">A strong mindset for system resilience, with experience designing fault-tolerant architectures, handling graceful degradation, and implementing recovery patterns to ensure uptime in high-stakes environments.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Since you will work side by side with colleagues from different countries, you can communicate clearly and concisely in English, both written and spoken.</li> </ul> <h4 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Nice to Have</h4> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience in regulated industries (FinTech, banking, payments)</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Understanding of AML/KYC processes and compliance requirements</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Familiarity with third-party screening or monitoring providers.</li> </ul> <p><strong>#LI-AT1</strong></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About us</strong></p> <p>Ebury delivers sophisticated, integrated solutions — business accounts, hedging, and financing — on a single platform with a seamless workflow. Our success is built on a simple premise and singular purpose: To help businesses operate and scale globally. </p> <p>Since its founding in 2009, Ebury has always been a fast-growing leader in fintech. Today, we bring together 2000+ Eburians across nearly 70 cities and we’re always looking to add to our team. </p> <p>At the heart of our offering is a proprietary platform, purpose-built to help busi