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SeniorFull-timePythonRust
Salary Range
$99,450 - $134,550 /year
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About the Role
We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our KYC & Onboarding area. This role focuses on building data infrastructure, analytics pipelines, and modeling frameworks to detect, prevent, and monitor financial crime through customer onboarding.
Key Responsibilities
- →Lead data engineering pipeline related to the onboarding / KYC / FinCrime domain; establish best practices around data modeling, testing, monitoring, and deployment.
- →Define and own the analytics infrastructure roadmap for the Global KYC & Onboarding squad, from data source ingestion through to analytics delivery and dashboard creation.
- →Build and maintain core datasets focused on KYC onboarding events, customer risk scores, alert triggers, and case outcomes.
- →Evangelize and lead adoption of modern tooling (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, Python, Looker/Superset) to improve reliability, speed, and trust in analytics.
- →Drive implementation of best practices in data-pipeline instrumentation, monitoring, error-handling, and data-quality in a high-stakes regulatory environment.
- →Together with the Analytics and Product team, translate complex data into clear, actionable narratives for key stakeholders – enabling informed decision-making around customer acceptance or decline, risk tiering, and remediation prioritization.
- →Partner with cross-functional teams (compliance, risk, product, operations) to identify new data sources, define tagging strategies, design KPIs (e.g., average time to onboard, false-positive rate), and deliver measurable business impact.
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About Wise
Wise is a global financial services company that has revolutionized the way individuals and businesses manage international money transfers. Founded in 2011 in the UK by Taavet Hinrikus and Conrad Lucas, the company initially emerged as TransferWise before rebranding to Wise in 2021 to better reflect its broader mission of providing transparent, affordable, and efficient financial solutions. Operating in the fintech industry, Wise has established itself as a leader in cross-border payments, offering a more cost-effective alternative to traditional banking services. Its platform is designed to simplify the complexities of international transactions, making it accessible to a wide range of users. Wise provides a suite of products and services that include low-cost international money transfers, multi-currency accounts, and borderless payment solutions for freelancers and businesses. Key features of its platform include transparent fee structures, real exchange rates, and instant transfers, which set it apart from competitors. The company targets individuals who frequently send money abroad, digital nomads, expatriates, and small to medium-sized enterprises that require seamless cross-border financial operations. By eliminating hidden fees and offering competitive exchange rates, Wise has become a trusted choice for users seeking reliability and affordability in international finance. Wise has achieved significant milestones since its inception, including rapid global expansion with a presence in over 50 countries and processing billions of dollars in transactions annually. The company has secured substantial funding, becoming a unicorn in the fintech space, and has been recognized for its innovative approach to financial inclusion. Its unique value proposition lies in its commitment to transparency and fairness, challenging the traditional banking model by providing users with greater control over their money and reducing the barriers associated with international payments.
