Senior Software Engineer, Financial Crimes

Design and build distributed backend services that orchestrate real-time screening across multiple risk domains, integrating internal Ripple systems with external compliance data providers Architect for resilience to keep payments flowing even when upstream dependencies degrade Build the decision and data plane that powers compliance operations: alerting, audit trails, case management workflows, investigator tooling Own production: define observability, alerting, and incident response Partner with Compliance, Global Investigations, and Product to translate evolving regulatory requirements into durable engineering primitives Mentor engineers across the team and contribute to architectural direction as the platform scales across Ripple's product line Requirements 5+ years building production backend systems in Java (or comparable JVM languages, Go, Rust) Strong API design instincts (REST/gRPC) Experience with distributed systems patterns Demonstrated comfort with resilience design Ability to navigate ambiguity in a regulated environment, turning external requirements (regulator findings, audit obligations, partner asks) into shippable engineering plans Working knowledge of Kubernetes, observability tooling (Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or similar), and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) Experience in fintech, payments, identity, or compliance technology is a plus, but not required if you bring strong systems instincts. #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobtailor