• Produce actionable intelligence on transnational criminal organizations, vendors, facilitators, and laundering pathways, including actor profiles, investigative lead packages, and attribution assessments for law enforcement, executive, and partner audiences.

• Independently lead complex, end-to-end blockchain investigations, progressing from initial indicators such as wallet addresses, transactions, exchange exposure, and infrastructure leads to high-confidence attribution.

• Trace illicit funds across multiple blockchains, bridges, mixers, peel chains, and nested services, identifying controllers, counterparties, and cash-out infrastructure such as OTC desks, ATM networks, and cash-to-crypto services.

• Correlate on-chain activity with OSINT, closed-source intelligence, and off-chain identity and infrastructure signals to establish how criminal organizations operate and move funds.

• Own investigative workstreams from discovery and validation through to written intelligence production, ensuring all findings are clearly sourced, auditable, defensible, and operationally useful.

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with law enforcement partners to ensure intelligence reflects investigative needs and supports real-world operations.

• Strengthen investigative coverage of transnational criminal organizations by developing new attributions, refining analytical methodologies, and improving repeatable workflows.

• Contribute to briefings, partner engagements, and capability-building sessions, clearly explaining blockchain tracing and attribution techniques.

• Share expertise with colleagues, help improve team tradecraft, and contribute to a culture of rigorous analysis and continuous learning.

• Document investigative work and provide regular updates through the team's established tools and communication channels, participating in weekly syncs and responding to urgent partner requests when required.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of professional experience in blockchain intelligence, cryptocurrency investigations, financial crime, narcotics investigations, threat intelligence, or a comparable senior analytical role.

• Deep, hands-on expertise tracing funds across multiple blockchains and investigating laundering or obfuscation techniques, including mixers, chain-hopping, bridges, peel chains, and layered cash-out activity.

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex investigations and turn fragmented information into clear, well-supported intelligence products.

• Experience producing analytical assessments, investigative lead packages, fund-flow analyses, and attribution reports.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly the ability to explain technically complex findings in clear, actionable terms to government and private-sector audiences.

• Excellent investigative judgment, analytical curiosity, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work autonomously in a fast-moving and sometimes ambiguous environment.

• Experience using AI tools and large language models to accelerate research and improve analytical workflows, combined with the ability to critically assess AI-generated outputs for accuracy and relevance.

• Ability to balance speed and investigative rigor, ensuring that conclusions remain reliable, auditable, and defensible.

• Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in government, national security, law enforcement, or an established private-sector investigations or threat intelligence program.

  • Familiarity with darknet markets, drug-trafficking networks, and OTC or ATM-based laundering methods.

  • Experience with OSINT and combining blockchain activity with off-chain intelligence and adversary behavior.

  • Familiarity with modern investigative platforms and structured data environments, such as TRM, Maltego, Palantir, or comparable tools.

  • Ability to share expertise and strengthen the investigative capabilities of peers through mentoring and practical guidance.

• Ability to work with significant autonomy, adapt to changing priorities, and maintain effective collaboration across a distributed team.

• Working-hour availability that overlaps with both UK and US business hours, with flexibility to support urgent investigative requests when necessary.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to contribute to work focused on disrupting financial crime and protecting communities.

• High-autonomy role within a distributed, async-first working environment.

• Direct collaboration with experienced analysts, engineers, and law enforcement partners.

• Exposure to complex investigations at the intersection of blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, national security, and financial crime.

• Opportunities to develop specialist investigative expertise, refine analytical methods, and contribute to team-wide capabilities.

• Fast-paced environment with a strong emphasis on ownership, experimentation, professional craft, and continuous improvement.

• Compensation and specific benefits are not disclosed in the provided job description.