Kraken
Senior Compliance Associate - Automation & Systems
$55K–$109K
United States · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in AML, financial crime compliance, or FIU operations; 3+ years designing, testing, and tuning transaction monitoring rules; 3+ years with transaction monitoring systems and compliance tooling.
About the job
Leads optimization and automation of the Financial Intelligence Unit’s transaction monitoring and compliance operations, including evaluating AI tools and supporting scalable monitoring across products and jurisdictions.
What you'll do
- Test and tune monitoring rules, thresholds, and scenarios to improve detection and reduce false positives.
- Drive FIU workflow automation and implement emerging technologies for alert triage, investigations, and SAR filing.
- Partner with Compliance, Product, Engineering, Operations, and vendors on monitoring infrastructure, integrations, and scalable controls.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in AML, financial crime compliance, or FIU operations.
- 3+ years designing, testing, and tuning transaction monitoring rules.
- 3+ years working with transaction monitoring systems and compliance tooling.
- Experience in regulated financial institutions and process optimization or automation in compliance or financial crime programs.
Nice to have
- ACAMS, CAMS-Audit, CFCS, or similar financial crime certification.
- Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, or Elliptic.
Pay
$54.6K – $109.2K (base salary)
Tools
LLM, AI, Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic
AI focus
Evaluate and implement LLM- and AI-enabled tools for alert triage, investigations, SAR filing, and FIU operations; experience with AI, machine learning, or LLM-enabled compliance tools is requested.
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