Shakepay
Senior Security Engineer
Remote (Global)19h ago
Bitfinex
Inspired by Bitcoin's vision of financial freedom, we are committed to empowering individuals to transact and connect seamlessly across the globe. From the early days of the Bitcoin revolution, our mission has been to champion freedom through innovative, reliable, and accessible technology—ensuring that everyone, everywhere, has the tools to participate in a truly open and borderless world.
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of innovation and financial empowerment. By prioritizing education and delivering a cutting-edge platform, we enable users to seamlessly buy, hold, and trade digital assets with confidence. As the digital asset landscape rapidly evolves, we stay ahead—offering state-of-the-art trading services that empower both individuals and global liquidity providers. Our forward-thinking, agile approach ensures that financial freedom is not just a vision, but a reality for all.
Our team, composed of visionary individuals with practical expertise, focuses on crafting solutions to the market's toughest challenges. Despite our global presence and impact, we maintain a small, technology-focused core, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
We value integrity and autonomy, empowering our team to contribute from concept to launch. Driven by a passion for lifelong learning and a commitment to advancing freedom, we prioritize high-caliber products and services, with a proven track record of innovation that draws on the dexterity of our teams.
Innovation
At Bitfinex, we merge technology and skill to create an environment where your involvement isn’t just appreciated—it’s pioneering the future and pushing boundaries in finance. Our culture values bold creativity, a passion for technology, and a deep belief in Financial Freedom.
Flexibility & Global Reach
We believe in trust, autonomy, and results—our team operates remotely, ensuring you work from anywhere while collaborating with some of the best talents across the world. We thrive on innovation, autonomy, and breaking new ground.
Fast-Paced & Impactful
Much like the crypto industry itself, our projects move fast, break new ground, and make an impact. Your contributions reach our global audience, shaping the narrative of a decentralized future.
A Team that Thrives on Collaboration
We blend seasoned experts with fresh creative minds, ensuring constant innovation, mentorship, and a dynamic work environment that keeps you at the forefront of achieving your goals. We see integrity and standing up for what is right as the most important qualities.
Grow with the Best
At Bitfinex, we’re committed to continuous learning—whether through technological advancements, creative workshops, or mentorship from leading professionals in the industry.
If you’re excited about partaking in shaping the narrative of decentralized finance, you’ll feel right at home!
As a Transaction Monitoring Investigator, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the integrity of the Bitfinex platform by identifying, investigating, and mitigating financial crime risks across both fiat and cryptocurrency transactions. Working within the Compliance team, you will analyze transaction monitoring alerts, assess unusual account activity, and investigate potential money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, and fraud-related risks using a risk-based approach. You will collaborate closely with AML Investigators, Product teams, and Compliance leadership to ensure timely escalation of high-risk cases, contribute to regulatory reporting and process improvements, and continuously enhance monitoring controls. This role requires strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, and a deep interest in cryptocurrency, blockchain transactions, and evolving AML/KYC regulations within a fast-paced global fintech environment.
Develop and implement transaction monitoring algorithms to monitor for anti-money laundering, terrorism financing, sanctions and other compliance risks to enable controls to be implemented to mitigate against detected risks using a risk-based approach.
Analyze and investigate alerts generated by the transaction monitoring system arising from fiat money (wire and non-wire) and crypto (on-chain and off-chain) trades, deposits and withdrawals with a view to mitigate risk exposure to the platform, and escalate real time urgent alerts according to risk appetite.
Assist the Manager Transaction Monitoring in building periodic specific and general reports providing analysis that identifies ML, TF and Sanctions related anomalies for the information of the Chief Compliance Officer and relevant Product Managers.
As a member of the Transaction Monitoring Team, report directly to the Manager of Transaction Monitoring. Also, work closely with other Bitfinex teams and peer AML Investigators in addressing both fraud, and money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions risks.
In performing this role, the incumbent will continuously strive to self-develop and enhance their skill sets including the application of virtual currencies, documentation requirements, and account behavior analysis in the context of KYC/AML/CTF and Sanctions.
Duties include understanding the framework of our transaction monitoring rules on a risk-based approach as well as analyzing and evaluating data needed to assess referrals of unusual transaction activities.
Ensure that KYC/AML/CTF and Sanctions activities are observed at all times, issues are addressed appropriately, and matters escalated to management as required. Further, identification and/or coordination of the implementation of process improvements relating to KYC/AML/CTF and Sanctions policies in conjunction with Bitfiex’s ToS as applicable are also imperative.
This role’s Tactical Responsibilities also include:
Initial assessment of referrals of unusual transaction activity
Report and analyze unusual documentation and/or information and/or query and/or transaction to/with Manager Investigations and Transaction Monitoring
Adjust risk parameters to ensure exposure falls within the platform’s risk appetite
Participate in applicable compliance training;
Follow and implement KYC/AML/CTF and Sanctions-related policies, laws and regulations.
Carry out cross-departmental communication when the need arises.
Liaise with AML Analysts and/or users in respect of additional information required in order to verify the presence of ML/TF concerns when required.
Undertake evaluation and communicate findings and decisions to respective case stream team leader; escalate and/or discuss with the Head of Investigations where required.
Experience in the compliance field within the Industry;
Fair understanding or ability to understand AML/KYC/CTF related policies, laws and regulations, including enhanced due diligence, (CDD/EDD) and Sanctions;
Basic knowledge of blockchain technology, (enhanced in the role); CAMS/CBP designation
Experience with a Blockchain Analytical/Transaction Monitoring tool such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM, etc.
University degree
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to source and understand the content of documentation in various languages, types and forms
Demonstrated critical thinking and decision-making skills
Demonstrated attention to detail, accuracy and consistency
Self-motivated (ability to take initiative)
Proficient IT skills (Chrome, Open Search, Google Docs, Gmail, Word, Excel, etc.)
Organisational understanding (enhanced in the role)
Preferred timezones are APAC or LATAM for this position
Flexible Work & Remote-Friendly Culture
Mentorship & Growth
Competitive Pay
Career Development Opportunities
Supportive Team Environment
Learning & Knowledge Sharing
Team-Building Activities
Social activities (online & in-person)
A collaborative environment where your creativity will have a direct impact on the brand’s narrative
If you’re a visionary who thrives at the intersection of technology, knowledge and innovation, we want to hear from you!
Recruitment Data & Security Disclaimer
As part of the hiring process at Bitfinex, we collect personal data such as your name, contact details, location, job preferences, education and employment history, and other information you voluntarily provide. This data is used solely for recruitment purposes, processed in accordance with applicable global data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil its purpose.
All assessments and recruitment-related communications are conducted exclusively through official Bitfinex email addresses (e.g., firstname.lastname@bitfinex.com). Bitfinex does not use unofficial channels (such as WhatsApp, Telegram, or SMS) for recruitment communication and does not distribute assessments or sensitive links via those means.
As part of our secure and compliant recruitment process, we may use approved third-party platforms to facilitate candidate assessments. For more information, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Notice and Interview Recording Consent. All candidates have the right to access, correct, or delete their personal data and to withdraw consent at any time, where applicable.
Bitfinex will never request payments, financial information, or personal banking details at any stage of the recruitment process.
If you receive a suspicious request, wish to exercise your data privacy rights, or have further inquiries regarding the legal aspects of the process, contact privacy@bitfinex.com. Please note this inbox is intended for privacy concerns and reports only; any other communications will not be processed.
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Bitfinex, we're committed to equitable opportunities. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status. This commitment applies across all stages of recruitment and contractual relationships.
Shakepay
Bitpanda