Do you enjoy building scalable products that empower compliance teams to track fund flows and uncover deeper insights in financial data? Are you excited to solve complex engineering challenges that improve speed, precision, and usability across investigative workflows?Elliptic is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to join our Investigations team. This is a unique opportunity to make a tangible impact at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and financial crime prevention. You’ll lead a team of talented product and data engineers dedicated to building powerful tools that help investigators worldwide uncover and stop illicit activity in the crypto space.As Lead of the Investigations team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of crypto investigations and how compliance teams track and prevent financial crime.Working closely with the product team, you’ll help define the technical direction of our product that’s quickly becoming the industry standard. You will work with product and data engineers to turn complex data into simple, useful product features and lead the development of new improvements across the platform.Help your team make sound technical decisions by considering trade-offs and choosing approaches that align with both technical excellence and business objectives.Help team members find their own solutions, building problem-solving skills and creating a self-sufficient, resilient team.Explain complex technical concepts to engineers, managers, and business stakeholders to ensure quality delivery and collaboration.Set the standard for how the team uses AI coding tools, knowing when they speed up delivery and when they need extra scrutiny, and make sure engineers can explain and own any AI-assisted code before it ships.Balance technical quality with business needs, knowing when to aim for perfection and when good enough helps the team move and learn faster.Care about writing clean, reliable code and enjoy working across backend, frontend, and data systems to build great products.Help team members grow by coaching, encouraging confidence and ownership in their work.Actively use AI coding assistants (Copilot, Cursor, Claude etc) as part of your daily workflow, can critically evaluate AI-generated code, and understand when AI tools are useful and when they’re not.Demonstrated success leading and mentoring a team of 3-5 software engineers for at least 2 years.Strong experience with TypeScript across backend (Node.js/NestJS) and frontend (React/Redux) development.Good understanding of data visualisation and experience with libraries or tools for rendering complex network graphs and transaction flows.Prior exposure with databases and writing SQL queries, and comfortable partnering with data and application engineers.Bonus Points for:Good understanding of cloud technologies such as AWS Serverless, API gateway, Kubernetes, and Terraform, with the ability to guide teams on infrastructure best practices.Experience with monitoring tools like DataDog and general observability best practices.Interest or experience in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.Job BenefitsHow We WorkHybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year500 Remote working budget to set up your home office spaceLearning & Development$1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and developmentVacation/LeaveHolidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidaysAn extra day for your birthdayEnhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leaveBenefitsPrivate Health Insurance - we use Vitality!Full access to Spill Mental Health SupportLife Assurance: 4 times your salary to your beneficiariesCycle to Work SchemeWe know Diversity and Inclusion is much deeper than just hiring, but it’s important for us to mention it here. We believe our diverse team of individuals underpins this by bringing creative thinking and innovation to Elliptic every day.
Senior software engineer and team lead in London employer: Elliptic
At Elliptic, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that champions innovation and collaboration in the fast-paced world of crypto compliance. Our dynamic work culture fosters personal growth through comprehensive training, a supportive team environment, and exciting opportunities to engage with industry leaders. With competitive benefits, including flexible working arrangements and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, we empower our employees to make a meaningful impact not just within the company, but across the entire financial services landscape.
