# Lead Data Scientist - Agentic AI / AML

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission and what we offer. Lead Data Scientist - Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Handling & Prevent We’re looking for a Lead Data Scientist (IC3) to join our Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Handling & Prevent team in London. This role is a unique opportunity to work on the AI and intelligence systems at the core of our operational handling and prevention work. You'll help build and automate components of our operational systems using Generative AI, LLMs and agentic AI approaches, establish robust LLM evaluation pipelines, and build solutions that reduce financial crime risk. What you build will have a direct impact on Wise’s mission and millions of our customers. The AML Handling & Prevent team offers an exciting environment fo

- **Id**: 3738493
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/wise-lead-data-scientist-agentic-ai-aml>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T10:02:15Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T21:53:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7149
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Money Transfer & Remittances, Currency Exchange & FX Payments

## Company

- **Id**: 3856
- **Name**: Wise
- **Domain**: wise.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/wise>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 41
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.976
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 21
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 90500
- **Max**: 127000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 169629

## Technologies

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Chain-of-Thought** — Optional: no
- **Fine-tuning** — Optional: no
- **Human-in-the-Loop** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **LangGraph** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **LLM Evaluation** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Prompt Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **LangChain** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T10:50:11Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 2; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 2 of its adverts here in 24 months; Cap exempt: no

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 169629
- **Is top pay**: no

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