Hawk

Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives. Combine AML transaction monitoring, payment screening, and pKYC in one tool & add fraud detection for even more comprehensive coverage.

hawk.ai

Hawk

hawk.ai

HQDE

Team Size241

Open Jobs43

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Product: Cloud-native AML transaction monitoring, payment screening, pKYC and fraud detection using explainable AI

Founded / HQ: 2018, Munich

Funding (notable rounds): Series A $10M (2021); Series B $17M (Jan 2023); Series C $56M (2025)

Scale: Processes billions of transactions across ~60 countries

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Anti-money laundering (AML), counter-financing of terrorism (CFT), payment screening, fraud prevention and transaction surveillance for financial services.

Founded

2018

Industry

Financial Services

Funding Track Record

Series A- June 23, 2021

$10M

Series B- January 26, 2023

$17M

Participating investors included DN Capital, Coalition, BlackFin and Picus

Series C- 2025

$56M

Participating investors included Macquarie Capital, Rabobank, BlackFin, Sands Capital, DN Capital, Picus and Coalition

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Hawk

hawk.ai

Hawk

hawk.ai

HQDE

Team Size241

Open Jobs43

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Product: Cloud-native AML transaction monitoring, payment screening, pKYC and fraud detection using explainable AI

Founded / HQ: 2018, Munich

Funding (notable rounds): Series A $10M (2021); Series B $17M (Jan 2023); Series C $56M (2025)

Scale: Processes billions of transactions across ~60 countries

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Anti-money laundering (AML), counter-financing of terrorism (CFT), payment screening, fraud prevention and transaction surveillance for financial services.

Founded

2018

Industry

Financial Services

Funding Track Record

Series A- June 23, 2021

$10M

Series B- January 26, 2023

$17M

Participating investors included DN Capital, Coalition, BlackFin and Picus

Series C- 2025

$56M

Participating investors included Macquarie Capital, Rabobank, BlackFin, Sands Capital, DN Capital, Picus and Coalition

Founders

What we do

Join the Team

Senior Platform Engineer

On-SiteMunich, Bavaria, DE

On-Site • Munich, Bavaria, DE

About Us Hawk is the leading provider of AI-supported anti-money laundering and fraud detection technology. Banks and payment providers globally are using Hawk’s powerful combination of traditional rules and explainable AI to improve the effectiveness of their AML compliance and fraud prevention by identifying more crime while maximizing efficiency by reducing false positives. With our solution, we are playing a vital role in the global fight against Money Laundering, Fraud, or the financing of terrorism. We offer a culture of mutual trust, support and passion – while providing individuals with opportunities to grow professionally and make a difference in the world.

Your Mission As a Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the scalability, security, and reliability of our AI-driven financial crime prevention platform. You will automate cloud infrastructure, implement monitoring and observability solutions, and build secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines. Your work will directly contribute to maintaining high availability for a platform that fights financial crime 24/7. This role is based on the East Coast, U.S. and requires expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, security best practices, and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD).

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Provision, manage, and scale multi-cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (e.g., Terraform).
Maintain high availability (HA), fault tolerance, and least-privilege security practices, while optimizing cloud costs.
Design and maintain developer-friendly CI/CD workflows, container templates, and reusable artifacts for seamless software delivery.
Implement real-time monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions (e.g., Elastic Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch) to proactively detect and resolve issues.
Implement and enforce cloud security best practices, identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.
Provide technical guidance to clients running Hawk’s platform in their own VPC environments, supporting onboarding and integration.
Develop structured documentation for cloud architectures, best practices, and deployment processes, ensuring seamless team collaboration.

5+ years of experience in Platform, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Engineering roles.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerized applications, and cloud-native technologies.
Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP and their core services.
Proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar.
Strong knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Elastic Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch).
Solid understanding of cloud security principles, least-privilege access, and automated security policies.
Ability to diagnose complex technical challenges and provide scalable, secure solutions.
Strong communication and collaboration skills; able to work effectively in a remote, cross-functional environment.
Comfortable in a fast-paced, hands-on role, with a willingness to get your hands dirty and embrace feedback for continuous improvement.
Fluent in English