Web3 Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Specialist

About the role

In this position, you will focus on delivering regulatory advisory projects related to licensing and compliance for digital-asset businesses. Your responsibilities will include conducting gap assessments, compliance reviews, and supporting clients in navigating regulatory requirements, particularly in the European Union and the United Arab Emirates.

You will collaborate with various teams at Certik, including cybersecurity and product teams, to develop compliance tools and workflows. Success in this role means effectively translating complex regulations into practical governance and operational controls, while also identifying opportunities for improving tools and services based on market developments.

The salary range for this position is between $75,000 and $125,000, which reflects competitive compensation in the regulatory compliance field.

Skills that matter here

• Web3 knowledge: This role requires a practical understanding of blockchain networks and digital-asset business models.
• Regulatory knowledge: You will need a working knowledge of regulatory requirements relevant to digital-asset firms.
• Writing and delivery: Clear documentation and the ability to map regulatory obligations to controls are essential for success.
• Communication and collaboration: Strong communication skills are necessary for working with clients and regulators in a distributed team.

Who this role suits

• Someone with hands-on experience in Web3 licensing or authorisation processes.
• A professional with 2-4 years of experience in digital-asset regulatory compliance or related fields.
• An individual who can interpret complex regulations and produce clear documentation.
• A team player who thrives in a remote work environment and can effectively collaborate across time zones.

From the employer

Responsibilities

• Deliver Web3 regulatory advisory projects, including licensing and authorisation readiness, gap assessments, compliance reviews, and implementation support for CASPs, VASPs, token issuers, and other digital-asset businesses.
• Help clients translate regulatory requirements into practical governance, AML and CFT, cybersecurity, technology, and operational controls, drawing on CertiK's wider expertise.
• Support application-related work by coordinating key materials, evidence, stakeholders, and responses to regulators, particularly for European Union and United Arab Emirates processes.
• Present clear findings and recommendations in reports and workshops, and manage delivery across agreed scope, timelines, and follow-up actions.
• Monitor and analyse Web3 regulation and supervisory expectations across priority jurisdictions, with particular attention to the European Union and the United Arab Emirates.
• Turn regulatory research and client experience into reusable methods, templates, control mappings, knowledge materials, and new or updated regulatory service offerings.
• Work with CertiK's cybersecurity, AML, product, and engineering teams to develop and improve compliance tools and workflows, including requirements definition, regulatory content, and testing.
• Use market developments and client feedback to identify opportunities to improve our tools and services and make delivery more consistent and scalable.

Requirements

• Strong match: Hands-on experience supporting a Web3 licensing or authorisation process for a CASP, VASP, token issuer, or similar digital-asset business. Direct application experience under MiCA, VARA, ADGM FSRA, DFSA, or another European Union or United Arab Emirates regime is especially valuable.
• Experience: Two to four years in digital-asset regulatory compliance, financial-services licensing, legal or compliance operations, consulting, or a related role.
• Web3 knowledge: Practical understanding of blockchain networks, wallets, custody, exchanges, transfers, token issuance, stablecoins, and common digital-asset business models.
• Regulatory knowledge: Working knowledge of governance, operational risk, consumer protection, technology, cybersecurity, and/or AML requirements relevant to digital-asset firms.
• Writing and delivery: Ability to interpret regulation, map obligations to controls, produce clear documentation, and coordinate contributors, evidence, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Communication and collaboration: Professional written and spoken English and the ability to work with clients, subject-matter experts, senior management, and regulators in a distributed team with reliable overlap with CET and CEST business hours.
• Additional qualifications: A relevant legal, compliance, risk, accounting, or information-security qualification or certification, or additional European or Middle Eastern language skills, is an advantage.

What We Offer

• Remote work: Work remotely from Europe or a nearby time zone, with regular overlap with European business hours.
• Competitive compensation: A competitive base salary plus equity or token options where applicable.
• Professional growth: Direct exposure to EU, UAE, and global digital-asset authorisation projects, with support to deepen your Web3 regulatory expertise.