AML Investigator

Location: Remote

Salary: $125K–$165K plus equity

Company

Polymarket operates a peer-to-peer prediction market platform covering politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Polymarket US operates under CFTC oversight as a regulated prediction market.

What you will do

• Investigate escalated cases from transaction monitoring, fraud referrals, market surveillance, and sanctions screening for money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, and sanctions evasion.
• Analyze funding, withdrawal, trading, linked-account, card, ACH, and stablecoin activity to determine customer behavior and purpose.
• Prepare Suspicious Activity Reports and document defensible decisions when no SAR is required.
• Review customer identity and profile information, and support law-enforcement requests, subpoenas, and 314(a) reviews.
• Perform quality-control reviews, coach analysts on complex cases, and develop job aids and training materials.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of hands-on AML investigation experience, including SARs filed with FinCEN.
• Strong working knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, SAR filing requirements, and core AML regulations.
• Ability to analyze transactions across multiple payment rails and draw well-supported conclusions.
• Clear written communication and the ability to write accurate, organized, and defensible SAR narratives.
• Experience with investigative research tools such as CLEAR or LexisNexis and case-management systems.
• Ability to manage an independent caseload, meet deadlines, and maintain quality under volume.

Nice to have

• Experience with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM, or Elliptic, including on-chain tracing.
• Experience at an exchange, FCM, broker-dealer, prediction market, sports betting, or gaming operator.
• Familiarity with CFTC or NFA rules, derivatives, or event contracts.
• Experience applying AI tools to investigation workflows or a clear interest in doing so.
• CAMS certification or equivalent.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote, full-time role in a fast-growing, regulated prediction-market environment.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Full health, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• New MacBook Pro, large display, and accessories.