Senior Sanctions Intelligence Analyst (Crypto)

TL;DR

Senior Sanctions Intelligence Analyst (Crypto): Leading research and investigations into cryptoasset exposure to sanctioned entities, jurisdictions, and evasion networks with an accent on global sanctions regimes, monitoring frameworks, and blockchain intelligence. Focus on designing scalable coverage models, identifying systemic risks, applying AI to intelligence workflows, and translating complex findings into product capabilities and stakeholder-ready outputs.

Location: Hybrid in Washington, D.C., United States; the role allows working from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.

Salary: $175,000–$215,000 annual base salary

Company

hirify.global develops cryptoasset intelligence and analytics solutions that help financial institutions, exchanges, and government agencies manage financial crime and sanctions-compliance risks.

What you will do

• Serve as the subject matter expert on global cryptoasset sanctions regimes and maintain comprehensive coverage frameworks.
• Lead investigations into sanctioned entities, state-linked actors, high-risk jurisdictions, and sanctions-evasion networks.
• Define and improve sanctions monitoring, alerting, triage, and investigation operating models.
• Identify coverage gaps and drive durable remediation, process improvements, and automation requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams to translate intelligence into platform capabilities.
• Produce reports, briefings, blogs, whitepapers, and client-facing content, while representing sanctions intelligence to clients, regulators, and industry partners.

Requirements

• Significant experience as an intelligence analyst, investigator, or compliance specialist in sanctions, financial crime, law enforcement, or crypto.
• Independent expertise in OFAC, UK, EU, and UN sanctions frameworks and the distinctions between autonomous and supranational regimes.
• Experience designing or improving monitoring frameworks, alerting systems, triage processes, or investigation playbooks.
• Proficiency with blockchain analytics tools, OSINT, corporate registries, and adverse-media sources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including independently producing stakeholder-ready outputs to deadline.
• Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement in Washington, D.C., United States.

Nice to have

• Experience researching sanctions-evasion typologies involving state-linked actors, procurement networks, critical technology supply chains, or high-risk financial intermediaries.
• Experience with automated sanctions-list monitoring, cross-referencing tools, or detection-logic design.
• Technical understanding of cryptoassets, blockchain architecture, and on-chain analytics methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.
• $650 remote-work budget for home-office setup.
• $1,000 annual learning and development budget.
• 25 days of annual leave, 8 US public holidays, and birthday leave.
• Healthcare coverage, company-matched 401(k), mental-health support, and 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for eligible employees.