Legal & Compliance AI & Data Expert

Unchain Data; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Bybit is seeking a mid-level Regulatory Quant & Intelligence Specialist to join its Regulatory Compliance function. You will model regulatory reasoning into structured decision systems and design AI-enabled workflows for compliance operations, spanning licensing, onboarding, surveillance and governance.

This role partners with Legal, Product and Engineering to embed regulatory requirements into products and tools.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years' experience in regulatory compliance, financial services law, crypto/fintech, or related role.
• Strong understanding of financial services regulation (MAS, AUSTRAC, FCA, MiCAR, ADGM or similar regimes).
• Demonstrated ability to build structured, tech-supported workflows using Python, scripting, or no-/low-code platforms.
• Experience with LLMs, APIs, workflow orchestration or data/analytics platforms; comfortable iterating prompts and evaluation metrics.
• Excellent communication to bridge Legal, Compliance, Engineering and Product; explain complex logic to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Regulatory Decision Modelling: convert legislation and policy into structured decision frameworks and scoring models.
• AI-Enabled Compliance Workflows: prototype AI-powered workflows for licensing, onboarding, surveillance and incident management.
• Quant Analysis and Evaluation: build simple models to assess regulatory risk and scenario outcomes.
• Regulatory Research and Intelligence: perform structured research across key jurisdictions and codify rules for internal use.
• Governance and Documentation: maintain model assumptions, limitations, and audit trails with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Quant mindset

Analytical thinking

Excellent communication

LLM & AI tooling

Prompt engineering

Workflow design

Regulatory thinking

Tools

Python

APIs

No/low-code platforms

Job description

About Us

Established in 2018, Bybit is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges and digital financial platforms, serving over 80 million users across more than 200 countries and regions. Powered by world-class technology and a user-first mindset, Bybit delivers a seamless ecosystem across trading, payments, wealth management, custody, institutional services, and Web3 — connecting users to the future of digital finance. Our core values define how we build. We listen, care and improve to create products and experiences that put users first. Backed by a global team of ambitious builders, problem-solvers, and innovators, we foster a high-performance and fast-moving environment where talent is empowered to drive real impact at the global scale. Supported by 24/7 multilingual customer service and a strong commitment to innovation, we are shaping the future of finance through technology, collaboration, and bold execution. Today, Bybit is recognized as one of the most trusted and transparent platforms in the digital asset industry, continuing to expand its global presence while building the infrastructure for the next generation of financial services.

Role Overview

We are seeking a mid-level Regulatory Quant & Intelligence Specialist to sit within the Regulatory Compliance function and build the organisation’s AI-native legal and compliance intelligence capability. This role combines regulatory expertise, analytical/quant skills and AI-enabled workflow design to transform how regulatory and legal decisions are made, documented and automated across the business. You will model legal and regulatory reasoning into structured decision systems, design AI-enabled workflows for compliance operations, and ensure outputs remain explainable, auditable and aligned with the firm’s risk appetite and regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory Decision Modelling

• Translate legislation, regulatory guidance and internal policies into structured decision frameworks, rule sets and scoring models that can be embedded into compliance processes and tooling.
• Define quantitative thresholds (risk scores, confidence levels, escalation triggers) that determine when automated decisions are appropriate versus when human review is required, aligned with regulatory expectations and internal governance.

AI-Enabled Compliance Workflows

• Design and prototype AI-powered workflows for regulatory research, licensing analysis, policy drafting, onboarding/KYC, surveillance and incident management within the Regulatory Compliance function.
• Collaborate with engineers and data teams to implement LLM/RAG/agentic workflows that support compliance advisory, regulatory mapping and ongoing monitoring, ensuring strong grounding, documentation and audit trails.

Quant Analysis and Evaluation

• Build and maintain simple analytical/quantitative models to assess regulatory risk, scenario outcomes and potential enforcement impact, supporting proactive compliance strategy and licence/posture decisions.
• Design evaluation frameworks to periodically test and calibrate decision models and AI-enabled workflows against real-world cases, internal incidents and regulatory feedback.

Regulatory Research and Intelligence

• Conduct structured regulatory research across key jurisdictions (e.g. Singapore, EU/EEA, UK, Australia, Middle East) and maintain internal views on how evolving rules impact existing and new products.
• Convert regulatory developments into machine-readable rules, guidance notes and internal playbooks that can be consumed by compliance staff and AI systems.

Governance, Documentation and Stakeholder Engagement

• Draft and maintain documentation for decision frameworks, model assumptions, limitations and human-in-the-loop controls, aligned with AI governance and compliance best practices.
• Partner with Legal, Product and Engineering to embed regulatory requirements into product design and internal tools, and support responses to regulators, auditors and internal risk committees where AI-enabled decisions are involved.

Requirements (Mid-Level under Compliance)

• Quant mindset: technically fluent regulatory professional who thinks in systems - prompts, retrieval and evaluation - and redesign traditional compliance workflows from first principles into executable decision models used by both AI (LLMs, triage engines, agentic workflows, data pipelines) and humans.
• Instinctively seeks the simplest, most automated way to deliver complex work without compromising quality or auditability.
• 3–5 years' experience in regulatory compliance, financial services law, or a related role within a financial institution, crypto/fintech firm, trading venue or regulator.
• Strong understanding of financial services and VASP regulation, licensing frameworks, and cross-border regulatory issues (e.g. MAS, AUSTRAC, FCA, MiCAR, ADGM or similar regimes).
• Demonstrated ability to independently build structured, tech-supported workflows or internal tools for legal/compliance processes (e.g. using Python, scripting, or no-/low-code platforms).
• Experience working with or alongside LLMs, APIs, workflow orchestration or data/analytics platforms, with comfort iterating on prompts, retrieval strategies and evaluation metrics.
• Strong analytical and computational thinking skills, able to formalise complex regulatory reasoning into clear models, diagrams and structured guidance for both humans and systems.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge Legal, Compliance, Engineering and Product, and to explain complex decision logic to non-technical stakeholders and senior management.
• High degree of professional judgement, integrity and ownership, with comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous regulatory environments typical of crypto and fintech.

Profile / Behavioural Traits

• Systems thinker with a builder's mindset, naturally inclined to redesign workflows from first principles rather than only optimise existing steps.
• Technically curious and comfortable experimenting with AI tools and emerging technologies within a governed, compliant framework.
• Pragmatic, commercially aware and able to balance regulatory risk, business objectives and operational constraints when designing decision models.

Why Join Us

• - Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.
• - Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.
• - Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.
• - Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.
• - Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.