Remote Senior Cryptocurrency Engineer - Blockchain Forensics

AnaVation; Washington (Washington County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Vision insurance

401k match

Job summary

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Cryptocurrency Engineer to lead blockchain analysis, digital-asset tracing, and cyber-enabled financial investigations. You will serve as the technical authority guiding complex investigations and building analytical tools.

The role combines hands-on analysis with mentorship, collaborating with forensic SMEs and developers to integrate cryptocurrency intelligence into broader workflows.

Qualifications

• 5 years of blockchain engineering or related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, or related field.
• Hands-on experience with cryptocurrency analyses for federal investigations.
• Experience with blockchain analysis platforms (Chainalysis Reactor, TRM Labs, CipherTrace, or similar).
• Proficiency with Solidity, EVM internals, and blockchain APIs.
• Ability to conduct open-source research and analyze investigative datasets.
• Strong knowledge of illicit-finance typologies, obfuscation, and laundering mechanisms.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Candidates must meet eligibility for TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct blockchain analysis and cryptocurrency tracing across Bitcoin, EVM chains, privacy coins, DeFi platforms, and cross-chain ecosystems.
• Develop algorithms, methods, and analytic workflows supporting seizure warrants, forensic audits, and financial-crime investigations.
• Analyze smart contracts, Solidity bytecode, token behavior, mixing/tumbling activity, anonymity-enhancing technologies, and illicit-finance patterns.
• Conduct financial-cyber investigations using complex business records, transaction flows, and digital-asset movement patterns.
• Perform cyber target development, including identification and analysis of cyber-enabled criminal networks, ransomware actors, intrusion sets, and threat-finance structures.
• Evaluate emerging payment technologies and assess their risk for criminal exploitation or terrorist financing.
• Conduct research and analysis on cybercrime methods, money-laundering typologies, obfuscation techniques, and cyber-enabled financial threats.
• Provide analytical and evaluative services to analyze cyber evidence, tools, services, and investigative technologies.
• Conduct cyber-forensic acquisition, chain-of-custody procedures, and digital-evidence analysis for computers, mobile devices, and storage media.
• Apply investigation techniques to gather, preserve, and present digital evidence suitable for courtroom use.
• Assist with open-source research, deep-web/dark-web analysis, social-media analysis, electronic evidence review, and intelligence-driven investigative support.
• Produce detailed investigative reports, analytic products, visualizations, and finished professional intelligence.
• Collaborate with cyber, forensic, financial-crime, threat-finance, and intelligence teams to support major federal investigations.
• Research emerging blockchain technologies, privacy solutions, exploit techniques, and evolving crypto-criminal methodologies.
• Develop, deliver, and lead formal training events for government and cross-agency partners.

Skills

Blockchain analysis

Forensics

Open-source research

Communication

Attention to detail

Clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Chainalysis Reactor

TRM Labs

CipherTrace

Smart contracts / Solidity

Job description

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Cryptocurrency Engineer to lead blockchain analysis, digital-asset tracing, and cyber-enabled financial investigations. You will serve as the technical authority guiding complex investigations and building analytical tools.

The role combines hands-on analysis with mentorship, collaborating with forensic SMEs and developers to integrate cryptocurrency intelligence into broader workflows.