Senior Scoring Engineer (AML / Transaction Monitoring) (f/m)

We are looking for an experienced Senior Scoring Engineer to join a strategic Financial Crime Prevention programme focused on enhancing Transaction Monitoring capabilities. You will play a key role in designing and implementing advanced detection logic that leverages contextual data and analytics to identify suspicious financial activities while reducing false positives in high-volume transaction environments.

This is an opportunity to work on a large-scale international initiative, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build innovative AML solutions that meet strict regulatory standards.

Your Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement advanced detection logic for Transaction Monitoring.

• Build and configure scoring models for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) use cases.

• Analyse large volumes of transactional and contextual data to improve detection accuracy.

• Optimise scoring models through calibration, threshold tuning and false-positive reduction.

• Ensure model explainability and compliance with AML governance and regulatory requirements.

• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate complex regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Requirements

Must-have

• Strong hands-on experience in data analysis.

• Experience working with high-volume transactional data.

• Proven background in AML / Financial Crime projects.

• Practical experience with Transaction Monitoring solutions.

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing detection logic and scoring models.

• Experience with model optimisation, threshold calibration and score explainability.

• Strong SQL skills.

• Strong Python skills.

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience.

• Professional working proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with Quantexa.

• Knowledge of modern Financial Crime and Transaction Monitoring platforms.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on a strategic, long-term Financial Crime programme.

• Challenging projects involving advanced analytics and Contextual Monitoring.

• International and collaborative working environment.

• High-impact role contributing to financial security and regulatory compliance.

• Senior-level position with opportunities to influence technical direction and mentor other engineers.

• Long-term cooperation with modern technologies and complex data-driven solutions.