Role OverviewThis is a Principal Software Engineer role for Identity & FinCrime at a rapidly scaling international fintech company. The successful candidate must be physically based in New York, USA and available to attend the office during normal working hours. The company is building the next generation of payments, identity and financial technology solutions and is seeking ambitious individuals who want to play a meaningful role in shaping the future of the business.
What You Will Do
Own and help evolve the organisation's identity verification and fraud prevention capabilities, support the continued development of secure, scalable and reliable authentication systems, and contribute to improvements across onboarding, identity verification and customer approval journeys.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience working with identity verification, KYC, authentication, fraud prevention or related technologies, strong experience working within fintech, payments, banking, digital identity or other regulated financial services environments, and demonstrated experience supporting or developing customer verification and authentication systems.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience working with identity verification, KYC, authentication, fraud prevention or related technologies
- Strong experience working within fintech, payments, banking, digital identity or other regulated financial services environments
- Demonstrated experience supporting or developing customer verification and authentication systems
- Strong understanding of fraud prevention, identity verification and customer onboarding principles
- Familiarity with KYC, AML and financial services compliance environments
- Experience working within startup, scale-up or high-growth technology environments
- Proven ability to operate effectively in fast-moving and evolving organisations
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
- Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Opportunity to join a rapidly scaling international fintech
- Significant ownership and influence within a growing organisation
- Direct exposure to founders and senior leadership
- Opportunity to help shape the future direction of the technology function
- High-autonomy environment with meaningful impact and responsibility
- Exposure to complex payments, identity and financial technology challenges
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- Opportunity to contribute to the growth of a business with significant international expansion plans
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