Founding Trade Surveillance Analyst – 24/7 Markets

Sei Labs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Sei Labs is seeking a founding Surveillance Analyst to establish the DCM market regulation function. You will monitor trading on the exchange, investigate alerts, and help design the program and tooling as the team scales.

This hands-on, detail-heavy role offers growth toward leadership and oversight as volume grows, with 24/7 coverage expectations and close collaboration with FCMs and clearing members.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years in trade or market surveillance at an exchange or regulator is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience investigating surveillance alerts; familiarity with surveillance platforms.
• Working knowledge of manipulative trading patterns and evidencing them.
• Experience with digital assets investigations and traditional financial instruments is a plus.
• Clear, professional written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time and post-trade activity for manipulation and disruptive trading.
• Triage and investigate alerts, reconstruct orders and trades, document reasoning.
• Run inquiry workflows with brokers and clearing members to resolve cases.
• Escalate violations and prepare well-documented case files for review.
• Help design case-management flow, alert tuning, and automation for scale.
• Contribute to written surveillance procedures and readiness ahead of launch.
• Own high-volume first-line alert review and grow investigative ownership.
• Participate in 24/7 market coverage, including weekend/off-hours rotations.

Skills

Market surveillance

Investigation

Documentation

Regulatory knowledge

Professional communication

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Tools

Nasdaq SMARTS

Eventus Validus

Chainalysis

Job description

Sei Labs is seeking a founding Surveillance Analyst to establish the DCM market regulation function. You will monitor trading on the exchange, investigate alerts, and help design the program and tooling as the team scales.

This hands-on, detail-heavy role offers growth toward leadership and oversight as volume grows, with 24/7 coverage expectations and close collaboration with FCMs and clearing members.