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US

  • Own and lead zerohash’s licensing and registration strategy across North America and other Americas jurisdictions.
  • Design, implement, and continuously improve risk-based compliance programs that are operable across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Maintain deep working knowledge of zerohash’s AML/BSA regulations, current money laundering typologies, and investigative techniques.

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US

  • Build and scale our compliance program across the US, Canada, and Latin America.
  • Design and implement comprehensive compliance policies, procedures, and systems that enable compliant growth while managing risks.
  • Serve as point of contact for our US regulated money service business entities and own and enhance OpenFX's BSA/AML programs.

OpenFX is building the infrastructure that will power the next generation of cross-border payment systems for institutions. They have a stellar early team with experience in companies like J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Paypal and are backed by Accel, Lightspeed, and NfX.

AML Analyst

Sphinx
Global

  • Real compliance casework: Investigate alerts, adjudicate transaction monitoring flags, conduct KYC/KYB reviews, prepare SARs and CTRs, and run screening investigations.
  • Working cases with the agents: You'll work alongside the agents on live casework, pressure-testing their reasoning, catching where they're wrong, and making sure every output meets the client's regulatory standards.
  • Defining where humans belong in the loop: Which cases need a human eye, and why? What signals should trigger an escalation?

Sphinx builds AI analysts that automate AML, KYC, KYB, and transaction monitoring for banks and fintechs. Their agents work inside browsers and internal systems just like human analysts to review alerts, investigate entities, file reports, and explain their reasoning.

Europe

  • Follow company policies/standards to determine if activities or transactions are non-compliant/potentially suspicious and action as appropriate.
  • Ability to work / investigate alerts in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high quality standards.
  • Undertake ad-hoc project work and Financial Crime program enhancements.

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. They aim to change consumer finance through better technology, lower costs, and increased transparency while providing the best customer experience.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Maintain and improve the financial crime risk management framework.
  • Provide leadership and guidance to a team of financial crime professionals.
  • Conduct ongoing risk assessments to identify and assess potential financial crime risks.

Xapo Bank is committed to changing the way things are done and provides economic freedom and wealth protection. They are a fully distributed team of over 150 Xapiens that work remotely from 30+ countries around the world, with headquarters in Gibraltar.

North America

  • Own one core accounts sub-surface end-to-end (KYC / identity verification, account types, sub-accounts / multi-accounts, or IRA cross-work) - drive prioritization, API design, and rollout inside your surface.
  • Run discovery with partners and prospects against real integration constraints, translate findings into a sequenced backlog for your surface, and push back on requests that don’t fit the platform without over-promising.
  • Partner with compliance and legal on product decisions that touch licensing, KYC / AML, identity verification, and account-model design - comfortable shipping in parallel with them in a regulated environment.

Alpaca is a self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and more. They serve hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with institutional-grade APIs and have a global team of 380+ distributed members.

$74,640–$103,633/yr
Canada

  • Collaborate closely with the Merchant Risk team to identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks associated with merchant and platform partners.
  • Review and approve financial services marketing materials to ensure they comply with regulations and industry standards.
  • Work cross-functionally with departments such as Compliance, Legal, Risk, and Revenue to complete reviews and address compliance issues and their root causes.

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest. They are a remote-first company, with a dedicated group of professionals committed to helping Affirm scale, innovate, and provide outstanding products.

$83,623–$93,924/yr
Netherlands Unlimited PTO

  • Help setup sound procedures for vetting our customers globally.
  • Introduce and implement innovative anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing terrorism (CFT) solutions for our platform.
  • Play a key role in tackling fraud and driving continuous improvement.

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. With our core values at heart and future-focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world.

$210,000–$250,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Draft and manage statements of work for customizations, white labels, builds for clients, and change orders.
  • Partner with sales and post-sales teams to scope custom SOW engagements, define deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
  • Plan, coordinate, and drive the delivery of large projects for global key accounts with in-house or outsourced contractors and ISVs.

Sardine is a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance. They use device intelligence, behavior biometrics, machine learning, and AI to stop fraud before it happens and have hubs in the Bay Area, NYC, Austin, Toronto, and São Paulo, with a remote-first culture.

$60,000–$80,000/yr
US

  • Review and disposition transaction monitoring alerts, applying BSA/AML typologies.
  • Conduct KYC reviews for new and existing customers, verifying identity documents and assessing risk profiles.
  • Assist with periodic quality assurance and file reviews, including for our bank partner program.

Flex is building the AI-native private bank for business owners. They are re-architecting the entire financial system for entrepreneurs and have scaled from zero to nine-figure annualized revenue, with a clear path to profitability by late 2026.

  • Advise on regulatory perimeter assessments, licensing and registration applications, product compliance, regulatory investigations, advertising, and consumer protection matters specific to Turkey’s financial and crypto regulatory framework.
  • Support local and global business teams on product launches, marketing campaigns, and promotional activities by providing legal/regulatory guidance, drafting product terms, and ensuring compliance with Turkish regulatory requirements.
  • Keep abreast of the latest developments in Turkish laws and regulations affecting crypto, FinTech, and blockchain industries, providing strategic, forward-looking advice to foster compliance and mitigate risks.

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. They are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for their industry-leading security.

US

  • Oversee and direct the day-to-day activities of departmental staff, including assigning, coordinating, and prioritizing work while evaluating employee productivity and performance.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of the Bank’s risk‑based BSA compliance program by continuously evaluating assigned processes for gaps and operational efficiencies.
  • Manage and support daily operations of the BSA transaction monitoring system and related manual reporting processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and system integrity.

First American Bank is a community bank at heart with international expertise, traditional values, and a forward-looking philosophy. They have over 60 locations and assets of $5+ billion, and they are the largest privately held bank in Illinois. They offer employees a level of visibility, career growth, and stability.

US

  • Handling legal and regulatory matters for Crypto.com’s CFTC and SEC registered businesses in the US.
  • Assisting in drafting, reviewing and updating policies/procedures and terms and conditions related to the trading of various regulated products in the US.
  • Reviewing marketing and sales literature, presentations, and other educational materials for compliance with applicable CFTC, NFA, FINRA and SEC laws and regulations.

Crypto.com is the world's fastest growing global cryptocurrency platform serving more than 150 million customers. They are built on a foundation of security, privacy, and compliance and committed to accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency.

US

  • Define and own the product vision and roadmap for Anchorage Digital’s stablecoin solutions platform.
  • Partner with engineering to deliver secure, resilient, and compliant stablecoin products and settlement flow.
  • Collaborate closely with compliance, legal, risk, and banking teams to embed regulatory requirements directly into product design.

Anchorage Digital is building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. The company is funded by leading institutions with its Series D valuation over $3 billion and has over 600 employees.

US

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements.
  • Provide legal advice and support on regulatory matters.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to develop and implement compliance policies.

Zerohash is the leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform and the operating system for digital money, powering the next generation of financial services. Founded in 2017, zerohash enables banks, brokerages, fintechs, and payment companies to offer crypto trading, stablecoin payments, and tokenized assets. The company values independence, passion, and collaboration among employees.

US

  • Own customer-facing communications across the full customer lifecycle.
  • Manage KYB and KYC document collection, application tracking.
  • Provide accurate settlement time estimates and rail-specific guidance

Sphere Labs is building modern, compliance-native infrastructure for cross-border payments and settlement. They are a fully remote, global team backed by Coinbase, Kraken, The Chernin Group, Jump Trading, Hudson River Trading, and some of the world's largest sovereign affiliates.