FCC Compliance Associate

Our mission and customers: We are creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed by delivering Europe's leading finance workspace with banking at its core, augmented by financial tools. We are proud to be rated 4.8 on Trustpilot, based on 55,000+ reviews. Our culture puts customer satisfaction at the core of what we do, as proven by our Net Promoter Score of 75 (more about our culture here). Our journey: Founded in 2017 by Alexandre and Steve, Qonto has grown to 1,600+ Qontoers serving over 600,000+ customers across 8 European countries. We have been profitable since 2023, and we are just getting started. Our beliefs: We hire for skills and potential. With 80+ nationalities, 45% women, of which 56% of women in our leadership team, diversity isn't a program; It's who we are. We've built a discrimination-free hiring process because the best teams are built on merit. AI at Qonto: AI is deeply embedded in how we work (here) - Every Qontoer gets unlimited access to the best AI tools. We want people who experiment without waiting for permission, push AI beyond the obvious, know when to trust it, and when to question it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🌏 Location: France, Germany, Spain, or Italy — full remote-friendly. Join us as a Senior Backend Engineer to build the AI-powered tooling that enables Qonto's financial crime compliance teams to make decisions faster and with greater confidence, directly supporting our path to a full banking licence. ➡️ As a Backend Engineer at Qonto, you will Build AI-integrated backend systems: Design and ship production-grade services that connect AI models (Claude, OpenAI, or open-source equivalents) to our compliance workflows, handling prompting, output parsing, and model behaviour in a real regulated-industry context Own service architecture end-to-end: Co-own design, reliability, and scalability from day one, no PM layer between you and the technical decisions that shape the product Automate AML/AFC compliance operations: Translate compliance agent workflows into software, from EDD automation to customer onboarding acceleration, with direct feedback from the ops teams you're helping Drive continuous improvement: From production monitoring to post-mortems, you track impact, flag regressions, and improve what's in your scope with your peers and manager Shape the technical direction: In a team of 5, every engineer carries architectural weight. You'll lead design discussions, anticipate risks, and contribute to how the platform evolves ➡️ What you can expect Short time-boxes and lean process: daily goals, light Kanban, ceremonies, you spend most of your time building, not in planning meetings AI is the product, not a side tool: this team's output is AI-powered compliance tooling. You'll use Claude or OpenAI to solve real problems, and you'll be expected to handle model behaviour reliably in production, not just use AI to go faster Direct roadmap ownership: no dedicated PM means you and the team define priorities, your judgment shapes what gets built next Close feedback loop: AML/AFC ops teams proactively raise needs and respond quickly to what you ship. Lead time reduction, prediction confidence, and agent throughput are the metrics that tell you it's working ➡️ Your future team You'll join a team of 5 engineers within Qonto's Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) domain, alongside Ioannis (Tech Lead) and a mix of Senior/Staff Backend Engineers and Machine Learning Engineers. You'll be part of a 190-strong backend engineering community within a 500+ Product Engineering department. One important clarification: this team does not build fraud detection engines or KYC/KYB rule engines. Those exist elsewhere at Qonto. This team builds the automation layer on top, turning model outputs into decisions that help compliance agents respond faster. It's a backend role at the intersection of AI integration and regulated-industry operations. ➡️ About you AI integration in production: You've shipped systems where AI (Claude, OpenAI, or open-source) is a core functional component, not a coding assistant, but the product itself. Strong backend foundation: Solid experience with large-scale web application architecture and real production constraints + Ideally experience in Python. Sound architectural judgment: You make confident system design decisions independently and can articulate the trade-offs. Product instinct without a PM: You're comfortable owning the full cycle: scoping, prioritizing, shipping, success metrics 

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better. THE ROLE   We are seeking a Senior Manager of Hardware Connectivity to lead the team that designs and implements the "nervous system" of Apollo. In a humanoid robot, data is just as critical as power. Your team will be responsible for ensuring that every piece of data—from high-bandwidth sensor data to low-latency joint control, to cloud telematics—is transmitted flawlessly across the system and to the outside world. You will manage a team of engineers specializing in high/low-speed signal integrity, internal networks, wire harnessing, wireless data links (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular), and EMI/EMC. You will ensure that Apollo’s internal networks are robust against the mechanical realities of articulating joints and the electrical noise of high-power motor drives.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES   * Team Leadership & Growth: Manage, mentor, and grow a team of electrical, RF, and interconnect engineers. Empower Tech Leads, conduct design reviews, and allocate resources effectively across rapid hardware development cycles. * Internal Network Architecture: Oversee the physical layer design and routing rules for all internal communication buses distributed throughout the robot's body. * External Wireless & RF: Lead the integration and antenna design strategies for wireless data links, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Cellular (5G/LTE), enabling robust telemetry, OTA updates, and teleoperation. * Interconnects & Harnessing: Own the physical design, shielding, and dynamic routing of wire harnesses and custom flex-PCBs across Apollo’s articulating joints, minimizing wear and ensuring maximum lifecycle reliability. * EMI/EMC & Signal Integrity: Define the grounding architectures, shielding strategies, and spectrum management plans required to isolate sensitive data and RF signals from the massive electromagnetic noise generated by the robot's high-power mechatronics. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with other Electrical Engineering teams, as well as Mechanical Engineering and Software, to ensure seamless system integration and packaging. REQUIREMENTS   * Education: BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field. * Experience: 10+ years of professional engineering experience in hardware design, with at least 4+ years of direct people management experience. * Domain Expertise: Deep technical background in at least two of the following areas: * RF engineering and wireless module integration (Cellular, Wi-Fi, BT). * Complex wire harness design and flex-PCBs for dynamic, moving systems. * EMI/EMC mitigation, grounding architectures, and compliance testing (FCC/CE). * High-speed and low-speed digital signal integrity. * System-Level Thinking: Proven ability to manage the competing physical constraints (thermal, mechanical packaging, electrical noise) found in tightly integrated hardware. * Leadership Style: A hands-on leader who can dive into schematics or layout reviews when necessary, but knows how to delegate and elevate senior technical contributors.   BONUS QUALIFICATIONS   * Prior experience in humanoid robotics, complex industrial automation, electric vehicles (EV), or aerospace. * Experience taking a complex, mixed-signal hardware product from prototype through high-volume manufacturing. * Hands-on experience in an anechoic chamber or taking products through formal EMC certification.     *This is a direct hire.  Please, no outside Agency solicitations.  Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.