Senior Market Surveillance Investigator (Crypto)

Kraken; Portugal; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is expanding its Market Surveillance team and seeking a Senior Investigator to own complex investigations end to end, write regulator-ready findings, and present conclusions to stakeholders.

You will calibrate surveillance rules as markets evolve, support platform integration for new products and data sources, and apply AI responsibly to speed up evidence gathering while maintaining human oversight.

Qualifications

• Experience investigating market abuse in a regulated environment such as an exchange or broker-dealer.
• End-to-end investigations including writing regulator-ready findings and presenting to stakeholders.
• Knowledge of market abuse typologies (spoofing, wash trading, insider trading).
• Experience with surveillance platform integration, risk assessments, and audit remediation.
• Comfort using generative AI and automation with human oversight.
• Familiarity with SQL or similar query tools for evidence gathering.
• Clear, evidence-first written communication for auditors and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Own complex investigations end to end and write regulator-quality findings.
• Lead or contribute to periodic surveillance rule calibration and alert thresholds.
• Support design, build-out, and integration of surveillance platform capabilities.
• Contribute to market abuse risk assessments across products and jurisdictions.
• Use AI/automation to speed evidence gathering while maintaining oversight.
• Support conflicts of interest and information barrier matters across Markets Compliance.

Skills

Market surveillance

Regulated market investigation

SQL

AI & automation tools

Written communication

Investigation end-to-end

Tools

Scila

Nasdaq SMARTS

Eventus

NICE Actimize

Job description

Kraken is expanding its Market Surveillance team and seeking a Senior Investigator to own complex investigations end to end, write regulator-ready findings, and present conclusions to stakeholders.

You will calibrate surveillance rules as markets evolve, support platform integration for new products and data sources, and apply AI responsibly to speed up evidence gathering while maintaining human oversight.