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# Senior Crypto Threat Analyst - Sanctions at Elliptic

- **Company:** Elliptic
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/elliptic/245d45fd-1a63-45dd-a854-85d94e9789fe

## Job description

Do you want to be at the forefront of combating crypto-enabled sanctions evasion? Are you excited about leading the intelligence research that helps financial institutions and governments disrupt illicit financial networks? Are you looking for a values-led company that trusts you to own your domain and make a real impact?

The impact you will have:

Join Elliptic's Intelligence team as the go-to subject matter expert (SME) on cryptoasset sanctions. Sitting at Senior level, you will own Elliptic's end-to-end coverage of sanctioned entities, jurisdictions, and evasion typologies, and translate that expertise into high-quality analytical outputs, scalable monitoring processes, and clear internal and external communications.

Your work will directly strengthen the intelligence dataset that underpins our products, helping hundreds of financial institutions, exchanges, and government agencies take defensible sanctions-compliance decisions every day.

You will coach and collaborate with colleagues across the Intelligence function, contribute to cross-functional initiatives with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams, and represent Elliptic's capabilities to clients, regulators, and industry partners.

What you will do:

- Serve as the go-to SME on global sanctions regimes, applying your expertise independently to resolve complex analytical questions and produce reliable outputs without requiring senior oversight on domain-level judgements.
- Own and document a comprehensive coverage framework for global sanctions designation regimes.
- Lead end-to-end investigations into cryptoasset exposure to sanctioned entities, state-linked actors, high-risk jurisdictions, and evasion networks, owning the full project lifecycle from scoping through to final output.
- Define and drive the evolution of Elliptic's sanctions monitoring operating model.
- Proactively identify and remediate coverage gaps across regimes and designating authorities.
- Coach and mentor more junior colleagues within the Intelligence function, sharing domain knowledge and contributing to a consistently high standard of analytical practice.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams to translate sanctions intelligence into platform capabilities.
- Produce written intelligence outputs including reports, briefings, blogs, whitepapers, and client-facing content.
- Represent Elliptic's sanctions intelligence at industry events, client briefings, and regulatory engagements.

What you will achieve in the first 6 months:

- Have a thorough understanding of Elliptic's monitoring approach, our coverage framework, monitoring cadence and source-of-truth references.
- Contribute to external-facing research output on sanctioned entities or emerging threats, such as a blog post, research report, or client briefing.

You will be a great fit here if:

- You are the kind of person others turn to for sanctions expertise and can own domain-level judgements end-to-end, independently.
- You proactively close knowledge and coverage gaps rather than escalating them, and treat systemic risks as personal accountabilities.
- You are comfortable translating deep domain expertise into scalable processes, automation requirements, and clear written outputs for diverse audiences.
- You communicate complex sanctions topics with precision and clarity, adapting your approach for technical and non-technical stakeholders inside and outside Elliptic.
- You enjoy working collaboratively across functions and contribute readily to product, engineering, and customer conversations grounded in your domain knowledge.
- You take initiative on emerging topics and cross-functional projects rather than waiting to be directed.
- You are curious about how sanctioned actors and networks exploit the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Our ideal candidate has:

- Significant professional experience as an intelligence analyst, investigator, or compliance specialist in sanctions compliance, financial crime, law enforcement, or the crypto industry.
- Demonstrated, independent subject matter expertise in global sanctions regimes, including practical knowledge of OFAC, UK, EU, and UN frameworks and the operational distinctions between autonomous designating authorities and supranational regimes.
- Experience designing or improving monitoring and alerting frameworks, triage processes, or investigation playbooks in a compliance or intelligence context.
- Proven ability to identify systemic coverage risks and drive durable remediation, including process improvement and automation planning.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of producing high-quality, stakeholder-ready outputs independently and to deadline.
- Proficiency with blockchain analytics tools, open-source intelligence (OSINT), corporate registries, and adverse media sources.
- AI fluency is essential for this role. You must be able to demonstrate your ability to effectively apply AI tools and approaches relevant to intelligence analysis, including using AI to accelerate research workflows, pattern identification, OSINT processing, and the drafting of written outputs.

Bonus Points for:

- Direct experience with researching sanctions evasion typologies involving state-linked actors, procurement networks, critical technology supply chains, or high-risk financial intermediaries.
- Experience with automated sanctions list monitoring, cross-referencing tooling, or detection logic design.
- Technical understanding of cryptoassets, blockchain architecture, and on-chain analytics methodologies.

## JOB BENEFITS

> How we work:

- Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year
- £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space

> Learning & Development:

- $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development

> Vacation/ Leave:

- Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- An extra day for your birthday
- Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave.

> Benefits:

- Private Health Insurance with Bupa!
- Full access to Spill Mental Health Support
- Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries
- Cycle to Work Scheme

We know Diversity and Inclusion is much deeper than just hiring, but it’s important for us to mention it here. We welcome and embrace individuals of all backgrounds and identities at Elliptic, and this is an ongoing priority for us. We know incredible people don’t all think in the same way. We want to be challenged every day. We believe our diverse team of individuals underpins this by bringing creative thinking and innovation to Elliptic every day. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace, so we welcome applications from everyone, even if you may not think you fit all of the requirements of our roles. We foster an environment of psychological safety, where everyone feels comfortable to bring their whole self to work.

## About Elliptic

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Elliptic provides blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions to help financial institutions, crypto businesses, and governments detect and prevent financial crime in digital assets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C funded)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Dr. Tom Robinson (Chief Scientist) and James Smith (co-founders)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Blockchain Analytics & Crypto Compliance
- **Target Customers**: B2B — Financial institutions (banks, payment processors), crypto businesses (exchanges, wallets, stablecoin issuers), and government/law enforcement agencies
- **Mission**: Prevent financial crime in crypto and enable the trusted adoption of digital assets

## Products & Services
- **Crypto Compliance**: A risk-based screening and transaction monitoring platform that helps businesses onboard customers with confidence and meet regulatory obligations (AML/KYC). It covers over 100+ cryptocurrencies.
- **Investigation & Intelligence**: Forensic tools for law enforcement and financial investigators to trace illicit funds across blockchains, attribute activity to real-world entities, and shorten time-to-resolution.
- **Stablecoin Risk Management**: Solutions to assess reserve and counterparty risk associated with stablecoin exposure, enabling institutions to adopt stablecoins with confidence.
- **Data Fabric & APIs**: Embeddable blockchain intelligence that allows clients to integrate Elliptic's data into their own existing workflows, automating compliance and governance.
- **Threat Intelligence**: Proactive intelligence feeds that close gaps on emerging typologies and threats, helping teams stay ahead of new money laundering methods.
- **Training & Education**: Programs to upskill teams on crypto risk assessment and investigation standards.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Annual Revenue**: Estimated at $19.8 million (based on LinkedIn data, likely a proxy).
  - **Total Funding**: Raised $60 million in Series C funding (led by J.P. Morgan and others, 2021). Total funding to date is over $100 million.
  - **Scale**: 700+ customers across 30+ countries; monitors over 50% of global digital asset trading volume; screens over $1 billion in digital asset transactions weekly.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, Santander, SignalFire, AlbionVC, and others. Partners include Fireblocks, Revolut (customer), and various government agencies.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - **Headcount growth**: 79 employees (+20.5% monthly job posting growth, +422.2% yearly).
  - **Active Job Postings**: 47 open roles (as of mid-2025), indicating aggressive scaling.
  - **Market Position**: Recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer; the only blockchain analytics provider with that distinction.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Mover & Trust**: Founded in 2013, Elliptic was the first company to build blockchain analytics for compliance. It has a decade of data and a reputation as the "industry standard" for crypto risk intelligence.
- **Comprehensive Dataset**: Claims to have the industry's most comprehensive blockchain dataset, with over 1 billion digital asset data points collected and 99.99% uptime.
- **Asset-Agnostic Scoring**: Unlike some competitors, Elliptic's risk scoring works across all major blockchains and assets, which is critical for multi-chain compliance.
- **Regulatory & Law Enforcement Ties**: Deep relationships with global regulators and law enforcement (e.g., FBI) make their data and tools a de facto standard for investigations.
- **Enterprise-Grade**: Strong focus on financial institutions (banks, payment companies) which require the highest levels of compliance and security.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Automation**: Actively hiring AI Engineers and Full Stack Engineers, suggesting a push to automate compliance workflows and reduce false positives.
- **Stablecoin Expansion**: Developing specialized risk management for stablecoins, a fast-growing area of institutional crypto adoption.
- **Global Regulatory Compliance**: Helping clients navigate the "transitional window" of new regulations (e.g., MiCA in Europe) through education and updated product features.
- **Indirect Risk Reporting**: A newer solution to reveal crypto exposure hiding within traditional payment activity, targeting traditional financial institutions.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: Employees are part of "the cryptoasset revolution that is shaping the future of finance" and work on preventing financial crime.
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes "Inclusiveness" and "Company-wide collaboration." Quarterly offsites (virtual and in-person) are a highlight.
- **Flexible Work**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with offices in London, New York, Tokyo, and Singapore. Currently operating remotely with a long-term hybrid strategy.
- **Learning & Development**: $1,000 annual individual training budget; regular "Curiosity Sessions" with industry experts; cross-functional learning encouraged.
- **Compensation**: Competitive salary plus share options; comprehensive health insurance.
- **Work Environment**: Described as "fascinating, fast-paced work" with a "talented team." The work is serious, but the culture is described as not overly formal.

## Sources
1. [Elliptic Company Website](https://www.elliptic.co/)
2. [Elliptic - About Us](https://www.elliptic.co/company/who-we-are)
3. [Elliptic - Life at Elliptic](https://www.elliptic.co/company/life-at-elliptic)
4. [Elliptic - LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ellipticco)
5. [Elliptic - Jobs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/elliptic)

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