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You can find your productive zone and work from there.\r\nAbout The Role As a backend-focused Staff Software Engineer, you will own and lead the development of our compliance and financial crime prevention platform. This pivotal role involves designing, building, and maintaining critical systems that power KYC onboarding, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting capabilities. This multifaceted position involves developing new features at scale, driving technical strategy, refining internal tooling and processes, mentoring engineers, and assuming broad ownership across the platform. You will operate as a technical leader with influence beyond your immediate team, partnering with stakeholders across the organization to solve complex problems in a highly regulated domain. The ideal candidate has a proven track record in building highly available APIs, robust data integrations, and leading technical initiatives from conception to delivery. Prior experience in the AML/CFT compliance domain is a plus, but not required.\r\nWhat You'll Be Doing Architect, design, and implement robust, efficient, and reliable backend services for KYC workflows, sanctions screening engines, and alert management systems\r\nBuild and optimize case management and alert creation pipelines that enable investigators to efficiently review and disposition suspicious activity\r\nDevelop and maintain integrations with regulatory reporting systems, including SAR filing and GoAML submissions\r\nCollaborate closely with compliance stakeholders, product teams, and other engineering teams to translate regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions\r\nContribute to developing new features and capabilities that enhance detection accuracy, reduce false positives, and streamline investigator workflows\r\nCraft and maintain technical documentation for compliance systems, ensuring auditability and facilitating regulatory examinations\r\nPlay a pivotal role in shaping our engineering culture, ensuring the maintenance of high engineering standards across the organization\r\nWhat You'll Need A minimum of 7 years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development and complex system integrations\r\nA track record of successfully delivering high-quality production services, particularly those involving high-throughput data processing and real-time screening\r\nProficiency in Golang is a significant advantage\r\nProficient in English—from casual chats to formal reports\r\nNice To Have Experience in regulated industries such as financial services (AML/KYC), healthcare (HIPAA), background screening, payment security (PCI-DSS), or similar compliance-driven environments\r\nFamiliarity with SAR/STR filing processes and GoAML or similar regulatory reporting formats\r\nExperience with case management systems, alert workflows, and investigation tooling\r\nBenefits We Offer Generous compensation in cash and equity\r\nEarly exercise for all options, including pre-vested\r\nWork from anywhere: Remote-first Culture\r\nFlexible paid time off and Year-end break\r\nHealth insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific\r\n4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific\r\nMacBook Pro delivered to your door\r\nOne-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.\r\nMonthly meal stipend\r\nMonthly social meet-up stipend\r\nAnnual health and wellness stipend\r\nAnnual Learning stipend\r\nAbout the company Sardine\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"SupportFinity","rawCompany":"supportfinity","city":"Raleigh","state":"NC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-09T15:49:44.165Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1251.00","title":"Computer Programmers","slug":"computer-programmers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Staff Software Engineer - Backend","description":"Overview Sardine is a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance. 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