Senior Software Engineer (Python) - FinCrime

Join Zepz: Breaking Down Borders, TogetherOur Meaningful Mission

At Zepz, we're all about breaking down barriers for our customers and our teammates. Our purpose is deeply personal, we provide a lifeline and deliver opportunities to cross-border communities that need it most through cutting edge finance and tech. Zepz is the power behind WorldRemit and Sendwave, driven by the mission to celebrate the incredible impact migrants have, both at home and abroad. We're not just moving money; we're building a world that truly recognizes and supports global connections.

Who You'll Be Joining

We look for mission-driven builders who thrive in a fast-paced environment connected to a true purpose. We’re an always developing team of experts that enjoy problem solving and bring clarity to tough challenges. At Zepz, we are Relentless Learners, always seeking feedback, and Responsible Owners, treating company resources like your own. We depend on Transparent Communicators who keep the team aligned through open, honest talk.

Our Core Commitments — What We Live By

Our vibrant and truly diverse culture is built on three core commitments, that guide how we work and interact:

• Integrity: We always do the right thing. It’s simple, but it’s the foundation of everything we build for our customers and each other.
• Outcomes: We work for our customers. Their success and prosperity are the results we focus on delivering.
• Velocity: We are fast! We maintain high energy levels and make smart decisions quickly, keeping us nimble and ahead of the curve.

Perks of Joining Our Team

We believe in empowering colleagues because we genuinely trust our team. Our culture is founded on this high trust, which naturally encourages the high ownership that drives us to meet our shared high expectations and deliver high performance. Our remote-first culture means you have the flexibility to work in your employing country wherever you feel the most focused and productive. This freedom comes with wonderful tailored, location-specific perks designed to support your whole life, not just your work. Think unlimited annual leave , great healthcare benefits, and employee discounts. We want you to thrive and focus entirely on making your biggest impact! In turn, we expect you to bring high ownership and commitment to your work. This is a place where we value trust and high performance, and we'll provide the environment and support needed for you to excel.

About the role

This team is on the front lines, building the essential tools, services, and workflows that ensure our products are used as intended. We work to help people in need while actively identifying and preventing misuse. To do this, we combine our own custom software and data analytics with powerful, industry-leading third-party products for AI and transaction monitoring.

What you will own:

• Build and maintain software to automate and improve Zepz's Financial Crime workflows, tooling, and systems for both brands.
• Look after and improve our existing Anti-Money Laundering, and customer screening solutions.
• Collaborate with other teams to help ensure that the products and features they are building aren’t enabling criminals.

What you bring to the table:

• You have strong experience building backend services/APIs in Python. A large part of the codebase you will be working on is currently in Python.
• The code you write: Follows industry best practices, is well tested, is maintainable, is scalable and is well documented.
• You have a good understanding of observability and metrics: Dashboards and alerting are your bread and butter and you understand the value in monitoring the systems you build not only in terms of infrastructure and operational excellence, but also for business metrics.
• You are able to work well with both product and engineering teams, and excel at managing stakeholders, and their expectations.
• You are pragmatic, and understand that perfect is the enemy of done, but also that there are some things that cannot be compromised on.
• You are skilled at balancing new requests with current priorities, knowing when to decline a task and when to embrace it by clearly communicating the impact on the existing plan.
• You have an open mind with respect to diversity and inclusivity. Our team (and customers) come from all over the world.

Bonus points if you :

• Have exposure to Java and Spring or are willing to learn on the job.
• Have strong familiarity with SQL
• Experience with the following tools and frameworks:
• Apache Airflow and or data pipelines.
• Celery
• FastAPI and/or Flask
• Postgres (AWS Aurora Ideally)
• DynamoDB
• Have experience working in the FinTech industry, particularly in a Financial Crime role (Fraud, AML, KYC, Sanctions Screening).

If you want to join us in our journey to help break barriers in financial access and improve lives globally, there's no better place or time to join.

Our global team of 800+ people is spread across six continents. We aspire to hire the best mix of people from former Olympians to YouTube influencers and we speak over twenty languages. This incredible diversity isn't a bonus; it's the engine that lets us serve the world.

Ready to Apply? Let’s Go.