Forward‑Deployed AI Engineer (LLM/ML) — Investigations & Decisioning

At Silent Eight, we develop our own AI-based products to combat financial crimes that enable things like money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and systemic corruption.

We’re a leading RegTech firm working with large international financial institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC.

Join us and help make the world a safer place! We solve hard, real‑world problems — from uncovering financial crime, fraud patterns and mule networks, through prioritising thousands of alerts, to crafting defendable case narratives.

We work close to users (analysts, investigators, risk/compliance), iterate fast, and deliver in weeks, not quarters.

The adversary adapts — this is an intelligence game, not an academic benchmark.

The Role We’re looking for someone who solves business problems with technology.

Less stack worship, more outcomes: fast risk identification, fewer false positives, faster time‑to‑decision, better explainability, and lower cost per case.

Finance shows up often, but we think broader — investigations, decisions and client value across industries.

What you’ll do • Go to the field: talk to users, shadow their workflows, capture the as‑is → goals & constraints.

Minimum Requirements • A track record of delivery: 2–3 examples where your AI/ML solution materially improved process KPIs (any industry).

Nice to Have • Experience with investigations / trust & safety / fraud / risk / audit or other complex decision processes.

Our Tech (lightweight) We don’t fetishise the stack.

Common tools: Python, SQL, notebooks/analysis tools, lightweight APIs (e.g., FastAPI), simple stores (e.g., Postgres), and vector indexes.

We choose tools pragmatically — business impact beats heavy infrastructure Note: we don’t expect mastery of “every” tool.

What matters are strong fundamentals, curiosity, and a habit of delivering measurable outcomes.

How We Work A small, seasoned squad.

Weekly goals and regular weekly iterations, a build → measure → learn rhythm.

Minimum ceremony, maximum user contact.

Decisions are captured briefly — in ADRs, tickets, or short notes.

What We Offer • Real influence on decisions in matters that actually count.