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# Associate Agent (Leeds, UK - 6 Month Fixed-Term Contract) at Mitek Systems

- **Company:** Mitek Systems
- **Location:** Leeds, United Kingdom
- **Compensation:** £13/hr
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/miteksystems-2/8ecfb42a-fe64-4cb3-98b7-5df490861509

## Job description

Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK) is a global leader in digital & biometric identity authentication, fraud prevention, and mobile deposit solutions. Our verified identity platform and advanced image capture solutions are built on the latest advancements in biometric recognition, artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning, and trusted by over 7,500 organizations worldwide. We are headquartered in San Diego, California, with operations in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Mexico, and the Netherlands. Visit us at www.miteksystems.com. We are Virtual 1st! Whether you choose to work remotely from your home office or in-person from one of Mitek’s offices, our practices, processes and tools are designed to enable your success. At Mitek, the Future of Work is about flexibility and preference wherever and whenever we are working. Because we care about our candidates, employees and customers, we include an in-person meeting as part of our hiring process. It’s one of the ways we live our mission to “Protect What’s Real.” At Mitek, we believe that teams are more resilient, effective, and innovative when they benefit from a wide range of ideas, lived experiences, and perspectives. The strength of our organization is deeply rooted in the people who power it.​ We know that a workforce reflecting the richness of our communities and customers helps us better serve their needs.

What You Will Do (Essential Responsibilities):

- Review identity documents for administrative and legal accuracy
- Quality-assess images captured by the customer
- Assess whether the document is authentic/fraudulent
- Check the accuracy of information already in the system
- Extract document data and input into the system
- Classify document types
- Identify key document security features
- Work onsite in our secure office in Leeds, with highly regulated information

Who You Are (Soft Skills & Attributes):

- A collaborative, detail-oriented individual
- Continuous learner who values a new challenge
- Effective communicator
- Highly focused, with exceptional attention to detail
- Calm and composed under pressure
- Committed to ongoing personal and professional development
- Punctual, reliable, and highly conscientious

What Do You Need (Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

- Strong IT literacy
- Strong accurate typing abilities
- Able to work towards targets and performance metrics
- Comfortable adapting to frequent procedural updates
- Clean criminal record (DBS check) and clean credit record (e.g.no CCJ or bankruptcy)
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Three references (employment or academic)
- Able to reliably commute to LS1, Leeds

What Would be Nice (Preferred Skills & Experience):

- Previous office experience in administration or data entry
- An understanding of GDPR
- Criminology background
- Working knowledge of the KYC industry

What We Offer You (Training & Benefits):

- Development: For your first two weeks of employment, you will receive full-time training from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Once you have completed this, you will move to your allocated shift pattern.
- Health and Wellness: Full private medical coverage and life insurance.
- Investing in Your Future: Generous pension plans and learning allowances, including E-learning platforms.
- Employee Assistance Program: 24/7 Comprehensive and confidential assistance provided to employees and family members for a wide range of services, including financial planning, mental health consultations, and goal setting.
- Work-Life Balance: Competitive hourly annual leave allowance.
- Culture and Community: Engaging social events
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid volunteer time
- Referral programme

Working Schedule:

- Dependent on shift pattern
- Some weekend, evening and bank holiday availability required
- 9-hour rotating shifts; flexibility across early, afternoon, and late shifts essential
- Ability to commute: Must be able to reliably commute to Leeds LS1

We take pride in enabling career growth in an environment of innovation and teamwork.  Our commitment to all Mitekians is to do meaningful work that matters.  Our culture is defined by delivering our best to our customers by providing high value solutions and impactful outcomes, by continuously challenging convention, and by caring for each other through collaboration and celebrating our successes.  We are committed to creating competitive, equitable compensation & benefits programs and career development opportunities. Benefit offerings – may vary based on geographic location Wellness: Universal, supplemental, and private healthcare plan choices based on country specifics Financial future: retirement/pension plan contributions, MTK stock plan participation Income protection: life event & disability coverage Paid time off: generous annual leave, company holidays, volunteer time off Learning: e-learning license, tuition reimbursement, hackathons Home office setup allowance Additional/optional benefits: pet insurance, identity theft protection, legal assistance We sincerely appreciate your interest in Mitek. We know your time is valuable and look forward to the potential of speaking with you further!

## About Mitek Systems

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Mitek Systems is a global leader in digital identity verification and fraud prevention, providing enterprise-grade solutions that use AI, biometrics, and image capture to protect digital transactions.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: MITK)
- **Headquarters**: San Diego, California, United States
- **Founded**: 1986 (company timeline states 1986, but some sources also cite 1985 [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/miteksystems))
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Digital Identity Verification, Fraud Prevention, Cybersecurity, Financial Technology
- **Target Customers**: B2B – Enterprise businesses in highly regulated industries, including major banks, fintechs, telecoms, insurance companies, and marketplaces [investors.miteksystems.com](https://investors.miteksystems.com/)
- **Mission**: “To protect what’s real” across digital interactions [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Mobile Deposit®**: The first app to allow consumers to deposit checks via smartphone, processing over 8.8 billion checks analyzed to date [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).
- **Check Fraud Defender™**: An AI-driven fraud detection platform using consortium data to identify altered and fraudulent checks across channels [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).
- **IDLive® Face**: A passive liveness detection and face biometric solution; achieved top marks in U.S. DHS testing [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).
- **Mitek Verified Identity Platform (MiVIP)**: A unified identity orchestration platform for end-to-end KYC, identity verification, and fraud prevention [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).
- **Identity Verification & Biometrics**: Document verification, selfie matching, voice biometrics, and deepfake/injection attack detection [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$401 million (as of data referenced) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/miteksystems)
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: $179.7M annual revenue; FY2026 Q3 (ended June 30, 2026) revenue of $54,038,000 [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/miteksystems)
- **Notable Customers/Partners**: 7,000+ organizations worldwide, including major banks and financial institutions [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about)
- **Growth Signals**: 4.4% YoY headcount growth (409 employees); awarded by Datos Insights for Check Fraud Defender; new COO Garrett Gafke appointed in 2025; positive net income of $8.4M in Q3 FY2026 [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/miteksystems) | [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover & History**: Pioneered mobile check deposit in 2008 and has over 40 years of innovation in image analytics and OCR for financial institutions [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).
- **Enterprise Trust**: Trusted by over 7,000 businesses, heavily concentrated in high-stakes, regulated verticals where trust is critical [investors.miteksystems.com](https://investors.miteksystems.com/).
- **Proprietary AI & Biometrics**: Strong IP in passive liveness detection, deepfake prevention, and consortium-based fraud detection (e.g., Check Fraud Defender) [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).
- **Compliance**: SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified, critical for enterprise adoption [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepfake & AI Fraud Defense**: Actively hiring for roles focused on deepfake and injection attack detection, indicating a strategic priority to stay ahead of evolving threats [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/miteksystems-2).
- **Platform Consolidation**: Continuing to unify identity and fraud capabilities through the MiVIP platform, following acquisitions like HooYu and ID R&D [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about).
- **Expanding Across Verticals**: Leveraging technology from financial services into telecom, healthcare, and other regulated markets [investors.miteksystems.com](https://investors.miteksystems.com/).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: A “Virtual 1st Company” offering flexibility in how and where work is done. Emphasis on trust, transparency, and global collaboration [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/careers).
- **Perks**: Investment opportunities, professional training and certifications, open-door policy with leadership, and offices in global cities [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/careers).
- **Hiring Process**: Focuses on skill demonstration over lengthy interviews; values substance over showmanship [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/careers).
- **AI in Hiring**: AI tools are supported for applicants but never influence hiring decisions; transparency is encouraged [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/careers).
- **Workforce**: Global team of ~409 people across 30 countries (US, Spain, UK, Netherlands, France, India, etc.). Rating of 3.7/5 on LinkedIn (137 reviews) with work-life balance scored at 3.9/5 [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/miteksystems).
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on innovation in AI, ML, and computer vision; hiring for senior roles in ML engineering, applied AI, and data engineering [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/miteksystems-2) | [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/miteksystems).

## Sources
1. [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/careers) - Careers page
2. [miteksystems.com](https://www.miteksystems.com/about) - About page
3. [investors.miteksystems.com](https://investors.miteksystems.com/) - Investor Relations page
4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/miteksystems) - LinkedIn company page
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/miteksystems-2) - Active job listings on Lever

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