Technical Solutions and Delivery

Technical Solutions and Delivery

Senior Engineering Manager, Risk Assessment API — Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

Lead the team and architecture behind a real-time risk API, establishing reliable contracts, auditable decision records and scalable financial-crime integrations.

Vacancy details

This is a private vacancy. Company details stay confidential until InVault confirms a serious candidate fit.

Status
Active
Date posted
2026-10-12
Open until
2027-01-10
Employment type
Full-time
Source-listed languages
Not specified
Language requirement
No mandatory language inferred
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Physical workplaces
London, United Kingdom
Applicant eligibility
Applicant geography not specified

Overview

Lead the engineering team responsible for a real-time transaction and customer-behavior risk assessment platform. The role combines architectural authority with the development of a growing team. You will connect product teams with financial crime specialists through reliable APIs and data contracts that support risk decisions at substantial scale.

Requirements

  • Candidates need evidence of leading the architecture and delivery of critical service platforms, including independent technical judgment and the ability to scale a team.
  • Experience setting engineering standards, handling integration and governance challenges, and aligning senior stakeholders is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Define the core interface and schemas used by products to access risk capabilities.
  • Establish an auditable record of assessments and the data streams needed for debugging, oversight and regulatory reporting.
  • Set standards for data quality and lineage so decisions remain traceable as the platform expands into additional risk domains.
  • Guide delivery and operational performance around availability, latency and service objectives.
  • Resolve architectural disagreements across product, financial crime and engineering stakeholders.
  • Recruit, mentor and manage engineers, creating clear roles and effective processes for a newly formed team.
  • Translate broad goals into a concrete technical roadmap and maintain ownership of its execution.

Conditions

  • This is a full-time position with a hybrid arrangement in London.