Crypto Compliance Operations Specialist

Join Ethena Labs as a Senior Compliance Operations Specialist, supporting the advancement of decentralized finance through robust compliance processes. As part of our globally distributed, crypto-native team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring scalable, effective compliance operations for our innovative financial products. This remote-friendly position offers meaningful responsibility, growth opportunities, and the chance to shape the future of digital finance.

Job Overview

• Support day-to-day compliance operations for Ethena’s suite of DeFi products.
• Work closely with the Compliance Manager to execute and refine onboarding, due diligence, and investigation workflows.
• Manage investor and partner onboarding, whitelisting, and ongoing monitoring with industry-leading compliance tools.
• Coordinate responses to external compliance requests and maintain high-quality documentation.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate and streamline core processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute onboarding, due diligence, and investigation processes across global operations.
• Oversee investor and partner onboarding via Sumsub, including risk flagging and case escalation.
• Lead intake and coordination of external compliance and DDQ requests using live document repositories.
• Implement and manage the investor whitelisting lifecycle, including sanctions screening and on-chain monitoring with TRM.
• Proactively identify operational bottlenecks and collaborate with the Compliance Manager to enhance efficiency.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Demonstrated hands-on experience in crypto compliance operations (KYB, blockchain investigations, KYC/AML platforms).
• Strong knowledge of corporate onboarding workflows and complex entity structures.
• Practical understanding of AML frameworks and transaction monitoring.
• Excellent organizational and documentation abilities, including audit-ready record keeping.
• Self-motivated, able to manage tasks and deadlines in a distributed team environment.
• Tech-savvy with proficiency in compliance tooling and workflow optimization.