AI-Driven Compliance Tech Lead for ML & AML

Block; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Block is seeking a Compliance Technology Program Lead in San Francisco to ensure our ML models and data infrastructure meet regulatory expectations for fiat and crypto products. This role sits at the intersection of compliance, machine learning, and AI tooling, using Claude and other LLM-based agents to automate oversight and documentation throughout the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with ML, Engineering, and policy teams to provide end-to-end oversight, effective challenge, and exam-ready

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in compliance technology at regulated financial institutions or as a consultant.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools — including Claude and GPT — and automating work in production.
• Experience with ML and Heuristic models across Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions Screening, and Customer Risk Scoring.
• Experience with input data quality monitoring.
• Experience with model performance monitoring.
• AML model validations aligned with SR 11-7 and OCC 2011-12.
• Experience responding to examinations and consent orders with regulators and independent monitors.
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics and screening tools such as Chainalysis and TRM Labs.
• Working understanding of regulated financial services and compliance obligations.

Responsibilities

• Build with Modern AI Tools: Use AI agents (Claude and similar LLM-based tools) to build automation that scales oversight, monitoring, and documentation work.
• Design human-in-the-loop checkpoints so outputs remain defensible to regulators and independent monitors.
• Establish and maintain model and data governance frameworks aligned with SR 11-7, SR 26-2, and OCC 2011-12; provide challenge and documentation.
• Lead ongoing monitoring: design real-time dashboards to monitor model health, including input data monitoring and model performance.
• Set standards for threshold tuning and Below the Line testing controls.
• Establish frameworks and triggers for identifying when model performance is degrading and requires tuning or deprecation.
• Provide End-to-End Oversight of Model Development: Oversee Transaction Monitoring models, including heuristic and rules-based detection logic, threshold settings, and data pipelines that feed alerts.
• Oversee blockchain analytics and screening tools (Chainalysis, TRM Labs), with attention to coverage and alert quality.
• Oversee Sanctions Screening models (LexisNexis), including list management and false-positive reduction.
• Oversee Customer Risk Scoring models, including segmentation logic and recalibration.
• Oversee design and validation of AI-driven case resolution for explainable, auditable decisions.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

AI tooling usage

Model governance

Data analytics

Visualization

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory examinations response

Financial services domain knowledge

Statistical concepts in ML

Problem solving

Tools

Claude

GPT

Job description

Block is seeking a Compliance Technology Program Lead in San Francisco to ensure our ML models and data infrastructure meet regulatory expectations for fiat and crypto products. This role sits at the intersection of compliance, machine learning, and AI tooling, using Claude and other LLM-based agents to automate oversight and documentation throughout the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with ML, Engineering, and policy teams to provide end-to-end oversight, effective challenge, and exam-ready