KYC Operations Associate

Wellfound; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AngelList in New York is hiring a KYC Operations Associate to join our banking operations team. You will own the standard for investor verification and help move dollars through the platform with speed and accuracy.

This role blends hands-on queue management with cross-functional collaboration, working with engineering on product changes and with compliance on policy. You should be precise, independent, and eager to become an industry expert in KYC/AML.

Qualifications

• KYC/AML knowledge required
• Experience with investor verification/onsite controls a plus
• Ability to work independently with high ownership

Responsibilities

• Manage the investor verification queue and ensure timely closures
• Serve as the SME for KYC and AML practices across teams
• Collaborate with Engineering on product changes and with Compliance on policy

Skills

KYC

AML

Operations

Policy

Tech-savvy

Job description

About AngelList

Private markets are the new public markets. The most important companies of this era are private, and almost no one can own them. What's missing is the financial system public markets spent a century building: exchanges, custodians, brokers, and ways for ordinary people to buy in. Private markets, now $28T, never had the equivalent. AngelList is building it.

The last decade of structural innovation in venture happened here: syndicates, SPVs at scale, Rolling Funds, scout programs. Today we have $200B+ in assets and 30,000+ startups funded on our platform. The rest of private markets is next. Funds is the software and services behind private funds, Nova is the banking network, Meridian is the wealth platform for accredited investors, and USVC is the brand behind a registered fund that lets anyone invest in venture.

Working here means an unusual amount of agency on a problem that matters. Titles are closer to suggestions, and there are about 200 of us building what private markets never had. Come build it with us.

About the role:

Every dollar that moves through AngelList starts with a verified investor. KYC is not a back-office checkbox here; it sits on the critical path of every close, and it has to be fast enough that investors feel no friction and rigorous enough to defend to an auditor. We're hiring a KYC Operations Associate to help own that standard.

This is not your typical KYC analyst role. You're joining as an operator at a technology company with broad scope: you'll work the queue alongside the team, serve as the subject matter expert others rely on, and push improvements upstream, partnering with engineering on product changes and with compliance on policy. The tools you use today may be completely different tomorrow, and you'll help drive that change rather than absorb it.

This is a full-time role reporting to an Operations Manager on our banking operations team. It suits someone who is high ownership, precise by default, operates independently, and wants to become the kind of KYC/AML expert this industry has few of.