--- title: 'Web3 Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Specialist at CertiK' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/web3-licensing-and-regulatory-compliance-specialist-certik-europe-z6zj41e41kxb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-02' --- # Web3 Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Specialist at CertiK - **Company:** CertiK - **Location:** Europe - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/certik/195d8b69-830c-44f5-b8d3-61acce919766 ## Job description About the CompanyBorn from groundbreaking research at Columbia University and Yale University, CertiK is a leading Web3 security company focused on securing blockchain protocols, smart contracts, and decentralized applications through cutting-edge security research, formal verification, and AI-powered technology. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York City, CertiK provides end-to-end security solutions including smart contract audits, penetration testing, on-chain monitoring, incident response, and compliance services for some of the largest projects in the digital asset ecosystem. Today, CertiK supports thousands of enterprise clients and Web3 projects globally, with a distributed international team spanning North America, Asia, and Europe. The company is backed by leading investors including Coatue, Goldman Sachs, Insight Partners, and Sequoia Capital, and has been recognized by organizations such as the World Economic Forum and CB Insights for its contributions to blockchain security innovation. ## About You You are proactive, reliable, and enjoy helping people solve problems. You are highly organized, eager to learn, and comfortable supporting both technical and non-technical teams. You enjoy being hands-on, can adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment, and are willing to take ownership of day-to-day operational tasks to help keep the office and systems running smoothly. ## About the Role We are looking for a Web3 Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Specialist to support client delivery and develop our Web3 regulatory services. You will work with our InfoSec and Compliance Lead and CertiK specialists across cybersecurity, AML, product, and engineering to turn regulatory requirements into practical plans, application materials, and controls. The role combines client assignments with regulatory research and internal development for crypto-asset service providers, virtual asset service providers, token issuers, and other digital-asset businesses in the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, and other priority jurisdictions. ## Responsibilities Client Delivery - Deliver Web3 regulatory advisory projects, including licensing and authorisation readiness, gap assessments, compliance reviews, and implementation support for CASPs, VASPs, token issuers, and other digital-asset businesses. - Help clients translate regulatory requirements into practical governance, AML and CFT, cybersecurity, technology, and operational controls, drawing on CertiK's wider expertise. - Support application-related work by coordinating key materials, evidence, stakeholders, and responses to regulators, particularly for European Union and United Arab Emirates processes. - Present clear findings and recommendations in reports and workshops, and manage delivery across agreed scope, timelines, and follow-up actions. Regulatory Research and Internal Product and Service Development - Monitor and analyse Web3 regulation and supervisory expectations across priority jurisdictions, with particular attention to the European Union and the United Arab Emirates. - Turn regulatory research and client experience into reusable methods, templates, control mappings, knowledge materials, and new or updated regulatory service offerings. - Work with CertiK's cybersecurity, AML, product, and engineering teams to develop and improve compliance tools and workflows, including requirements definition, regulatory content, and testing. - Use market developments and client feedback to identify opportunities to improve our tools and services and make delivery more consistent and scalable. ## Requirements - Strong match: Hands-on experience supporting a Web3 licensing or authorisation process for a CASP, VASP, token issuer, or similar digital-asset business. Direct application experience under MiCA, VARA, ADGM FSRA, DFSA, or another European Union or United Arab Emirates regime is especially valuable. - Experience: Two to four years in digital-asset regulatory compliance, financial-services licensing, legal or compliance operations, consulting, or a related role. - Web3 knowledge: Practical understanding of blockchain networks, wallets, custody, exchanges, transfers, token issuance, stablecoins, and common digital-asset business models. - Regulatory knowledge: Working knowledge of governance, operational risk, consumer protection, technology, cybersecurity, and/or AML requirements relevant to digital-asset firms. - Writing and delivery: Ability to interpret regulation, map obligations to controls, produce clear documentation, and coordinate contributors, evidence, dependencies, and deadlines. - Communication and collaboration: Professional written and spoken English and the ability to work with clients, subject-matter experts, senior management, and regulators in a distributed team with reliable overlap with CET and CEST business hours. - Additional qualifications: A relevant legal, compliance, risk, accounting, or information-security qualification or certification, or additional European or Middle Eastern language skills, is an advantage. ## What We Offer - Remote work: Work remotely from Europe or a nearby time zone, with regular overlap with European business hours. - Competitive compensation: A competitive base salary plus equity or token options where applicable. - Professional growth: Direct exposure to EU, UAE, and global digital-asset authorisation projects, with support to deepen your Web3 regulatory expertise. This role must be performed outside the United States. We are unable to consider candidates who will work from within the U.S. ## About CertiK ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: CertiK is the largest Web3 security platform, providing end-to-end audit, compliance, and monitoring services for blockchain projects and financial institutions. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $303.7M total funding) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2017 (incorporated as Certified Kernel Tech LLC; LinkedIn lists 2018) - **Founders**: Prof. Zhong Shao (Yale University) and Prof. Ronghui Gu (Columbia University) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Blockchain Security, Cybersecurity, Web3 Infrastructure, Compliance & Risk Management - Target customers: B2B – crypto exchanges, DeFi protocols, stablecoin issuers, custodians, enterprises adopting DLT, and public blockchain ecosystems (e.g., Aptos, Ripple, Sandbox, Polygon, BNB Chain, TON) - Mission/Purpose: “Security, compliance, and risk management for every stage of your Web3 journey” – from launch to scale, enabling projects to build with confidence, integrity, and real-time insights. ## Products & Services - **Smart Contract Audits**: Manual code review combined with AI‑powered analysis and optional formal verification; supports Solidity, Rust, Go. - **Formal Verification**: Proprietary hacker‑resistant kernel technology (CertiKOS) derived from academic research at Yale and Columbia. - **Penetration Testing**: In‑depth assessment of off‑chain components, APIs, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and Web3 applications. - **SkyNet**: Real‑time security scoring and monitoring for 17,000+ projects (1.8M monthly active users). - **SkyInsights**: On‑chain AML/CTF compliance, risk analytics, and transaction monitoring (300M+ address labels, 4,000+ incidents detected since 2020). - **Proof of Reserves**: Attestation services for exchanges and custodians. - **Bug Bounty Platform**: Fully managed platform with 0% fees on payouts, connecting projects with a global ethical hacker community. - **DLT Advisory**: Strategy, architecture design, and security assessments for institutions building or integrating distributed ledger technology. - **Validator & Node Operations**: Managed infrastructure for blockchain networks. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Over $2 billion (source: LinkedIn, citing leading investors). - **Key Metrics** (public data): - Annual Revenue: $3.9M (LinkedIn estimate) - Total Funding: $303.7M across 10 rounds (latest Series B in April 2022 led by Tiger Global Management and SoftBank Vision Fund) - $483B market cap assessed, 115,000+ vulnerabilities detected, 90,000+ security audit findings - 5,000+ enterprise clients, 500+ applications secured, 100M+ users protected - Team of 125 employees ( +10.9% YoY growth) across 28 countries - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sequoia Capital, Coatue, Goldmann Sachs, Shunei Capital, Insight Partners, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund, Hillhouse Investment - **Growth Signals**: Expanded into AML/CFT compliance (SkyInsights), SOC 2 Type II compliance, and regulatory partnerships in US, Singapire, Hong Kong, Japan, Abu Dhabi, Korea. ## Competitive Advantages - **Academic Foundaton**: Founded by leading formal‑verification researchers from Yale and Columbia; CertiKOS is a hacker‑resistnt concurrent OS with published peer‑reviewed results. - **Full‑Lifecycle Security**: One vendor for audits, monitoring, compliance, bug bounties, and node operations – reduces integration complexity for Web3 projects. - **Scale & Trust**: Largest Web3 security auditor with >5,000 clients, industry recognition (clients inclue Aptos, Ripple, Polygon, BNB Chain). - **Regultory Alignment**: Proactive invoement in global crypto policy (MiCA, DORA, HKSCF, MAS) gives clients a compliance edge. - **Dual‑Layer Defense**: Combines AI‑drive analysis with manual expert review and optional formal‑verification – a rarer deep‑tech approach. ## Strategic Focus - **Expanding Compliance Sute**: Adding real‑time AML monitoring, risk intelligence, and regulatory advisory to capture institutional and enterprise demand. - **Deeping AI/Formal Methods**: Leveraging AI to automate more of audit pipeline while maintaining formal verification rigor. - **Geographic Scope**: Growing regulatory relationships in Asia, Middle East, and Europe to serve global VASPs. - **Product Diversifiction**: Moving from single‑poit audit services to a full “security + infrastructure” platform (nodes, validators, bug bounties). ## Why Work Here - **Impactful Mission**: Work on security that protects hundreds of billions in digital assets – directly shaping trust in decentralized finance. - **Cutting‑Edge Technology**: Daily exposure to formal verification, AI security, blockchain internals, and both Web2/Web3 infrastructure. - **Global & Remote‑Friendly**: Employees across 28 countries; office in New York but distributed workforce (remote‑first culture likely based on hiring patterns). - **Career Growth**: Roles from Engineer III to Principal; senior positions in Blockchain Security Engineering (Solity, Rust, Golang) and Formal Methods. - **Acadamic‑Industry Bridge**: Collaborate with founders who are active professors – access to latest research and top conferences. - **Perks & Culture**: Not explicitly listed, but professional bug bount platform with 0% fees and team of respected security researchers suggests merit‑based, technically rigorous environment. ## Sources 1. [certik.com/company/about](https://www.certik.com/company/about) – Founders, background 2. [certik.com](https://www.certik.com/) – Products, metrics, client list 3. [certik.com/faq](https://www.certik.com/faq) – Service descriptions 4. [linkedin.com/company/certik](https://www.linkedin.com/company/certik) – Revenue, funding, employee count, valuation 5. 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