Chainalysis
Senior Intelligence Analyst - Russia & Eurasia Regional Focus
$135K–$200K
Remote - USA · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant analytic, intelligence, or threat-finance experience for a Senior hire; 8+ years and recognized domain authority for a Staff hire.
About the job
Own Russia and Eurasia crypto-threat attribution, trace and map sanctions-evasion networks, produce actionable intelligence, and represent Chainalysis as an external subject-matter expert.
What you'll do
- Attribute Russian and Eurasian crypto entities, infrastructure, and activity, including responding to sanctions designations.
- Trace networks and produce intelligence reports, briefings, and operational guidance on Russian crypto threats.
- Set collection priorities, translate threat typologies into detection guidance, and build AI-enabled automation with partner teams.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in Russia and Eurasia, including sanctions, regional financial infrastructure, or illicit-finance networks.
- On-chain tracing experience against Russian targets, or Russia threat-finance expertise paired with proven blockchain-tracing skills.
- National-security, threat-finance, sanctions, or investigations background.
- Excellent writing and communication; ability to work with data and build automation to scale analysis.
Nice to have
- Russian language ability.
- Direct sanctions or designation experience, published research or public speaking, or familiarity with Russian/CIS crypto infrastructure and related threat typologies.
Pay
$135K – $200K USD base salary; Offers Equity; Offers Bonus
Tools
blockchain, AI, stablecoins
AI focus
Design and tune automation to scale analysis, handle cases automation cannot, and translate threat typologies into detection; employees are expected to develop AI fluency and take ownership of output quality.
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