Business Unit:  Enterprise Systems
Salary Range:   £72,800 to £91,000 per annum DOE + benefits 
Location: UK Hybrid with occasional travel to a key hub
Contract Type: Permanent Full time    

Our Team  

You’ll be joining our Enterprise Systems Engineering team as Senior tech lead for Economic Crime Engineering. We use Feedzai for real time Fraud detection and we are expanding Netreveal’s capabilities for AML screening, so you will be shaping how we operate our delivery across Economic Crime capabilities including 3^rd party platforms.

Our vision is to create dedicated squads that truly own our platforms end-to-end from building integrations and data pipelines through to keeping the lights in production. We want to create techno-functional teams who understand both the technology and the business domain, can move fast without breaking things, and become trusted partners to our Fraud and Fincrime business/Ops colleagues.

What you’ll be doing 

• Lead the technical delivery and operational support for our Fraud and Financial Crime Platforms (Feedzai and Netreveal) working closely with Fincrime and Fraud Ops, compliance teams to turn business requirements into technical solutions.
• Build and manage a team of platform engineers and support specialists, developing their technical skills and domain knowledge in fraud detection and AML transaction monitoring.
• Own the relationship with our platform vendors, influencing the strategic direction for the capabilities needed for our business.
• Work hands-on when needed on integrations and data pipelines - this isn’t a pure management role, you’ll need to roll up your sleeves alongside the team.
• Partner with Fraud and Fincrime business teams to configure detection rules, tune models, and implement new use cases – you’ll need to understand the ‘why’ behind what we’re building, not just the ‘how’
• Drive continuous improvement of our platforms- identifying technical debt, proposing architecture changes, and implementing automation to make our operations more efficient.
• Set technical standards and ways of working for the team, including development processes, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Manage incidents and outages, leading the technical response and working with your team to manage the process whilst maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.

We need you to have 

• Hands on experience with fraud detection or AML platforms – ideally Feedzai, Netreveal or similar.
• Working knowledge of Fraud detection and/or AML compliance domains - you should understand concepts like transaction monitoring scenarios, customer screening, risk scoring.
• Technical background covering Java development, data engineering/ETL, databases, real time event processing. You should be able to lead technical discussions and make architectural decisions.
• People leadership experience managing technical teams through delivery.
• Track record of managing vendor relationships for enterprise platforms to influence the strategic direction of the platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with both technical and non-technical audiences- you’ll be explaining production outages to senior management and debating technical solutions with architects

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential 

• Certifications or formal training in your Fraud and Fincrime platforms
• Background working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and DevOps practices-CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring and observability tools like Dynatrace
• Familiarity with modern tech stack – AWS, containerization, API integration patterns, event streaming

 
Red Hot Rewards  

• 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice.
• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.  

Say hello to Virgin Money 

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you’ll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.  

 
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As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Please note: If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.

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We’re in the process of bringing Virgin Money and Nationwide together which, subject to Court approval, will happen on 2 April 2026. You can find out more about what this means at https://uk.virginmoney.com/nationwide-transfer. If you’re successful in securing a role with us, your employment will move automatically to Nationwide when this transfer goes ahead.

Although some of our roles allow you to be based anywhere in the UK, we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. 

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.