Compliance Technology Specialist
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Role Overview
Deriv is hiring a Compliance Technology Specialist to build systems that detect compliance risks before they become regulatory findings.
The role is an individual contributor position that leads through technical expertise rather than people management.
The specialist will own components in one or two compliance technology areas while gaining exposure to the others.
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Role overview
Deriv is hiring a Compliance Technology Specialist to build systems that detect compliance risks before they become regulatory findings.
The role is an individual contributor position that leads through technical expertise rather than people management.
The specialist will own components in one or two compliance technology areas while gaining exposure to the others.
Compliance technology context
Deriv is automating AML review, regulatory research, and fraud detection for operations spanning multiple jurisdictions.
Existing production systems include automated risk metrics, regulatory intelligence workflows, and fraud models monitoring money movement patterns.
Regulatory monitoring and workflows
- Design regulatory monitoring systems that aggregate global rule changes and use NLP to identify required actions.
- Generate alerts with recommended actions attached to regulatory changes.
- Build onboarding, AML, and fraud workflows using microservices and rule engines.
- Translate regulatory obligations into tooling, governance, and audit evidence.
RegTech integration
- Evaluate AI/ML, blockchain, and digital identity tools against real compliance requirements.
- Run proof-of-concept testing and lead integration into KYC, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening.
- Extend blockchain compliance for crypto transaction monitoring, counterparty risk scoring, and Travel Rule adherence.
Data governance and risk modeling
- Design automated data-governance frameworks aligned with GDPR, ISO 27001, and DORA.
- Build interpretable AI-driven risk models and simulations for fraud and operational risk.
- Ensure compliance systems provide integrity, auditability, and outputs that human reviewers can interpret and stress-test.
Candidate profile
- The candidate must have shipped production compliance systems involving microservices, rule engines, or NLP pipelines.
- The candidate must translate regulatory obligations into tooling, governance, and audit trails.
- The candidate should make decisions and adapt when requirements are unclear or priorities compete.
- The candidate is expected to mentor newer engineers and analysts.
Regulatory expertise
- The candidate should be fluent in GDPR, ISO 27001, and DORA, or know precisely where to research further.
- The role requires balancing thorough compliance checking with operational speed.
- The role requires explaining AI-driven risk-model decisions to people who distrust black-box systems.
Workplace
- The source description does not specify whether the role is onsite, hybrid, remote, or field-based.
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