Web3 and Blockchain Researcher, Compliance

Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currency and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle platforms and products provide a suite of internet-native financial services for payments, treasury infrastructure and capital formation. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), which has become the fastest growing dollar digital currency in the world. USDC has grown to over 53+ billion in circulation and supported over $1.9+ trillion in transactions in the past year. Circle’s payments and treasury infrastructure services available through the Circle Account and APIs helps bridge the legacy financial system and digital currency and blockchain based finance.  Circle’s SeedInvest service brings internet-native fundraising and capital formation to startups and growth companies.  Combined, Circle’s suite of services helps companies to participate in a more open, global and inclusive financial system.

What you’ll be part of:

With the mission “To raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value,” Circle was founded on the belief that the internet, blockchains and digital currency will rewire the global economic system, creating a fundamentally more open, inclusive, efficient and integrated world economy.  We envision a global economy where people and businesses everywhere can more freely connect and transact with each other with new technologies for digital money and internet-native finance. We believe such a system can raise prosperity for people and companies everywhere. Our mission is powered by the values we espouse and which we expect all Circlers to respect. We are Multistakeholder, serving the needs of our customers, our shareholders, our employees and families, our local communities and our world. Furthermore, we are also Mindful, Driven by Excellence, and High Integrity.

What you’ll be responsible for:

As a Web3 and Compliance Researcher on the Product Compliance team - You will spend your time researching, analyzing, reporting on and exploring emerging web3 innovations, identifying risks, and conceptualizing compliance technologies and solutions. In this role, you will operate within the Product Compliance team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Blockchain Compliance. 

What you'll work on:

• Research and articulate relevant, new emerging web3 innovations and compliance solutions to the team; this could include new use cases, approaches to design, scalability, risk, KYC/identity, cross-chain bridging, or innovations in web3 verticals like DAOs, GameFi, etc.
• Use research findings to identify emerging risks and conceptualize compliance solutions for web3 finance innovations
• Report to Senior Manager, Blockchain Compliance and partner with Policy, Product, Enterprise Risk, Security, and other internal teams to bring ideas into reality - for example: collaborating with Product to identify new kind of controls Circle can build to create a more decentralized, permissionless future that adheres to regulatory standards
• Closely monitor novel innovations (such as DeFi) and how changing regulatory sentiment may affect current and future products from a fundamental and technical standpoint. Additionally, how Circle can enter these emerging trends/technologies while putting compliance at the forefront
• Research,analyze and report on various blockchain tech stacks in relation to regulatory developments and industry innovations
• Sit in on various Compliance and Product meetings, attend conferences, meet with partners and industry professionals that are working on building compliance-related products 
• Support the development of Circle’s business and compliance strategy and decision-making criteria as it relates to Product and Compliance, and communicate industry developments as they relate to business objectives
• Conduct deep-dive research on various digital assets, and crypto verticals such as DeFi, NFT, DAO, and GameFi as requested by leadership; serve as an educational resource to leadership on changing high priority topics
• Help assess various risks of specific digital assets, protocols, and ecosystems, focusing on emerging technical trends, regulations/compliance, and technical design

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
• Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.  
• Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals. 
• High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards.  You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, and/or risk management 
• +1 years of experience working in Fintech or blockchain related businesses
• Comprehensive/expert knowledge and a deep passion of virtual assets, blockchain/distributed ledger technology, decentralized finance, decentralized identity, and other emerging web3 technologies
• Comprehensive knowledge of US/global financial regulatory compliance requirements, especially as they relate to virtual assets/blockchain
• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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