Data Engineer - Anti money laundering role
Quantexa
Start Date: 20 January 2025
Full training provided - Hybrid
Salary: £30,000 upon placement in the first year.
Do you have the desire and drive to succeed in the financial crime industry and be part of the solution to prevent money laundering? Do you relish a challenge and want to take your coding experience to the next level? Do you want to work for an innovative company that has received national recognition for their diversity and inclusion efforts? We want to hear from you!
Xander Talent:
We are a rapidly growing young business, just starting our scale-up year! This is an exciting time to join us and become a part of our growth.
At Xander Talent, we balance profit and social purpose and work with clients and partners who share our commitment to building truly diverse and inclusive workforce. Our founders are experienced consultants who are passionate about delivering blended teams that are diverse, resilient, and meet our clients’ requirements.
We source and recruit from diverse backgrounds, train and equip you with business and technical skills through our in-house training academy and then embed you with clients for up to two-year. We are proud to share that over 95% of our people secure a role after end deployment.
Who/What is Quantexa?
Quantexa knows that a greater understanding of data and context leads to better decision making. Their technology manages, transforms and cleanses high volume data and helps clients solve business problems in the area of fraud, compliance and financial crime. Their products process huge volumes of data with the ultimate aim of detecting anomalous and suspicious activity. The user interface enables users to conduct complex investigations into fraud and financial crime cases and visualise complex networks of criminal activity.
Reasons to Apply:
- Free Training from Quantexa’s Education Partner - This is a fully funded hybrid training programme. We cover the cost of training and would expect you support yourself financially for up to 9-weeks, during your training.
- Opportunity to gain experience working with international clients, Big 4 or Tier 1 consultancies.
- After completion of the first assessment (approx. 5 weeks) a contract may be awarded. This will depend on pass mark ( +80%) and other criteria.
- Xander Talent equip you with essential technical AND business skills such as resilience, curiosity, stakeholder and project management.
- Our Client Placements are London based
- Support – we understand that for some, undertaking a new career can be daunting. We support you at every step of the way. Our mental health support, incentives, exercise classes and social opportunities are ways to show that we care! Your journey with us is for the full 2 years post training not just the Academy.
- Inclusivity – We have a flexible and adaptive environment, which embraces diversity. Don’t take our word for it, hear what our consultants have to say https://www.xandertalent.com/case-studies/. For those who have caring responsibilities our hybrid model allows you to have work life balance.
What we are looking for:
- You don’t have to have a degree. But, you will need to demonstrate some level of experience either from a STEM background, self-study, relevant commercial experience or from a programming bootcamp.
- You will have a passion for technology, with strong experience in a programming language, such as: Java, Scala, Spark, Python, SQL, Cloud (AWS/GCP), PowerBI/Tableau. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be experienced in all these languages – proficiency in one these languages, or something similar, will be enough. Java, Scala or Spark preferred.
- You will be proactive in learning new technologies and their practical applications. Much of this course required self-study and the ability to motivate and attend sessions with minimal oversight.
- You see yourself as a consultant. You are a problem solver, a communicator (or keen to learn), curious and collaborative. Don’t worry if you are not there yet – we will help you.
- You have a strong attention to detail and high accuracy and resilience to enable you to excel in a dynamic environment.
- Resilience and self-motivation. You will have a team round you, but you need to be motivated and in charge of your own development.
The End Result:
- Upskilled – You will be an upskilled and certified Quantexa Engineer. Work with our clients on implementing large-scale Quantexa product solutions for the purposes of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), fraud detection, forensic investigation. You will become fluent in coding using Scala, with a strong understanding of Quantexa full stack programming.
- Client Ready – You will be equipped with the capabilities to be an exceptional Consultant.
- Industry Experience – You will gain commercial experience and evolve your portfolio.
Please note you must hold current right to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship now or in the future to be eligible for this role.
https://www.quantexa.com