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cryptofintechCompliance Associateremote
About this role
Join Coinbase as a Compliance Associate to drive financial crime investigations across multiple jurisdictions in a remote role. Competitive salary and a dynamic work environment await.
Description
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for 'good enough,' you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called 'surges.'
Responsibilities
What you’ll do:
- Own end-to-end investigations into complex AML/CFT matters, from alert review or referral, through case development, disposition and SAR/STR submission to relevant FIUs.
- Conduct delegated MLRO reviews of Suspicious Transaction Reports and Suspicious Activity Reports prior to filing, ensuring accuracy, quality and regulatory defensibility.
- Lead proactive investigations, using transaction data, on-chain activity, trading behaviour and cross functional intelligence and OSINT to identify emerging typologies, threat patterns and high-risk activity.
- Develop actionable intelligence from casework and analytics to inform escalations, regulatory reporting, control enhancements and improvements to detection and investigation workflows.
- Partner internally with Country MLROs, local compliance teams, operations teams and other stakeholders on high-risk matters, information sharing and investigation strategy.
- Partner with law enforcement agencies and external stakeholders on suspicious activity reporting, information requests, and intelligence sharing.
- Support investigation quality through case review, structured feedback and contributions to policies, procedures, training and programme maturity.
Requirements
Required Skills and Experience:
- 4+ years conducting and reviewing complex crypto financial crime investigations including experience across a range of products such as retail and institutional transfers, spot trading and derivatives.
- Experience preparing, reviewing and filing SARs/STRs with strong understanding of multi-jurisdiction AML/CTF regulatory obligations and reporting expectations.
- Demonstrated ability to perform data-driven investigations using SQL, blockchain analytics tools and other research techniques to extract investigative insights, identify suspicious behaviour and develop defensible conclusions.
- Strong investigative judgement and the ability to produce clear, structured long-form reports tailored to technical, compliance, leadership, and cross-functional audiences.
- Experience identifying financial crime typologies, contributing to proactive investigations and turning investigative findings into programme or control improvements.
- Utilises generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Conditions & Benefits
Pay Transparency Notice:
The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision). Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): £55,620—£61,800 GBP.- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- US Applicants: View [Employee Rights](https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/eppac.pdf), [Know Your Rights](https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf), and [E-Verify](https://static-assets.coinbase.com/e-verify.pdf) Notice of Participation.
- Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? [Click here](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/screen-reader/kgejglhpjiefppelpmljglcjbhoiplfn) to download a free compatible screen reader and view the [tutorial](http://www.chromevox.com/tutorial/).
- Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our [Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.coinbase.com/legal/applicant_privacy_notice). US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to [Arbitration of Disputes](https://www.coinbase.com/legal/application-arbitration-agreement).
Job Details
Salary$70,000–$78,000
LocationRemote
AI Score★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8/10
PostedSep 24, 2026 (18d ago)
Tags & Skills
cryptofintechCompliance Associateremote
Tech Stack
AMLCFTSQLblockchain analytics