Blockchain Intelligence Analyst, Transnational Crime Organizations Primary Intelligence

TRM Labs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TRM Labs is seeking a Blockchain Intelligence Analyst to independently lead complex investigations, tracing illicit activity across multiple blockchains and attribution networks. You will synthesize on-chain and off-chain signals into clear, defensible intelligence for government and private-sector audiences.

The role emphasizes high autonomy, rigorous tradecraft, and collaboration with law enforcement partners to disrupt organized crime and illicit finance at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in blockchain intelligence or related fields.
• Proficient in tracing funds across blockchains and laundering methods.
• Strong written and verbal communication for government/industry audiences.
• Ability to independently run complex investigations with high judgment.
• Experience with AI tools to accelerate research and evaluate outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end blockchain investigations from seed indicators to full attribution.
• Produce finished intelligence for investigative and partner audiences.
• Trace illicit proceeds across blockchains and on/off-chain signals.
• Correlate on-chain activity with OSINT and off-chain data.
• Own workstreams from discovery to written production with auditable outputs.
• Build relationships with law enforcement partners and maintain credibility.
• Refine methodologies and create repeatable workflows.
• Support briefings and capability-building sessions with clear explanations.

Skills

Blockchain tracing

Investigations

Communication

Judgment

AI fluency

Tools

Maltego

Palantir

Job description

Build a Safer World.

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. TRM's platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.

About the role

We're looking for a Blockchain Intelligence Analyst to operate as a high-judgment, high-autonomy individual contributor specializing in transnational criminal organisations. You will use blockchain analytics, open-source and closed-source intelligence, and cryptocurrency attribution to trace the proceeds of drug trafficking, identify the networks that move them, and produce intelligence that helps TRM and its partners disrupt illicit drug activity.

This is not a people-management role. We're looking for an experienced analyst who can independently lead complex investigations, develop high-confidence assessments, uncover novel attribution, and raise the team's tradecraft through technical expertise and example. This role will require proactive work with law enforcement partners, often picking up a stalled investigation, finding what was missed, and linking it to other cases.

You should be equally comfortable tracing funds across blockchains, identifying laundering and cash-out infrastructure, correlating on-chain and off-chain signals, and turning fragmented data into clear, defensible intelligence that enables partners to make informed operational decisions.

The impact you will have

• Produce finished intelligence on transnational criminal organisations, vendors, facilitators and laundering pathways, including actor profiles, lead packages and attribution assessments suitable for investigative, executive and partner audiences.

• Lead complex end-to-end blockchain investigations from initial seed indicators, such as addresses, transactions, exchange exposure and infrastructure leads, through to full attribution.

• Trace illicit proceeds across multiple blockchains, bridges, mixers, peel chains and nested services, identifying controllers, counterparties and cash-out points, including OTC desks, ATM networks and cash-to-crypto services.

• Correlate on-chain activity with OSINT, closed-source intelligence and off-chain identity or infrastructure signals to build a complete picture of how transnational criminal organisations operate and move value.

• Own investigative work-streams from discovery through validation and written production, drafting intelligence that is source-cited, auditable and operationally useful.

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with law enforcement partners, so that our intelligence reflects real investigative tradecraft and gets used.

• Help strengthen TRM's transnational criminal organisations coverage by contributing new attributions, refining investigative methodology and improving repeatable workflows.

• Support briefings, partner engagements and capability-building sessions where tracing and attribution tradecraft must be explained clearly and credibly.
  

What success looks like

• You generate meaningful attribution and investigative leads in cases where the answers are not obvious and the financial trail is deliberately obscured.

• You consistently produce finished intelligence that partners trust and use.

• Your work helps TRM and its partners move faster on high-priority narcotics activity without sacrificing rigor, auditability or defensibility.

• You improve team capability by mentoring peers, refining tradecraft and strengthening repeatable workflows.
  

What we're looking for

• Professional experience: 5+ years in blockchain intelligence, crypto investigations, financial-crime or narcotics investigations, threat intelligence, or a comparable senior analytical role.

• Blockchain tracing expertise: deep hands-on experience tracing funds across multiple blockchains and through laundering or obfuscation techniques such as mixers, chain-hopping, bridges, peel chains and layered cash-out behavior.

• Investigative tradecraft: demonstrated ability to independently run complex investigations and synthesize findings into clear written intelligence products, including assessments, lead packages, fund-flow analysis and attribution reporting.

• Strong communication: especially the ability to turn technically complex findings into understandable, actionable intelligence for government and private-sector audiences.

• Judgment and execution: sound judgment and curiosity, and the ability to operate in a fast-moving environment where outputs must still stand up to scrutiny.

• AI fluency: experience using AI tools and large language models to accelerate research and augment analytical workflows, with the ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and relevance.
  

Preferred qualifications

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

• Familiarity with darknet markets, drug-trafficking networks, OTC and ATM laundering

• Familiarity with OSINT and with combining blockchain activity with off-chain signals and adversary behavior.

• Comfort with modern investigative tooling, including AI and structured data environments such as TRM, Maltego, Palantir or similar platforms.
  

About the Team

• The team operates within TRM's Blockchain Intelligence organization, alongside threat intelligence analysts, on-chain investigators, and law enforcement partners

• Blockchain Intelligence Analysts are the operational core, converting on-chain tracing and off-chain intelligence into attribution and actionable leads on transnational criminal organizations

• Distributed team with an async-first approach via Slack and Notion, plus structured syncs for alignment

• High autonomy, high standards, low bureaucracy. You'll work directly with analysts, engineers, and customers who depend on your output

Team Operating Rhythms

• Weekly team syncs to align on priorities and review active casework

• Regular async updates via Slack on active investigations, attribution work, and leads in flight

• Primary time zone overlap: Working hours should overlap with both UK and US business hours

• All output documented in Notion and TRM's investigative tools

• Surge availability expected when partners need a fast turnaround

Join Our Mission

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