Remote Trade Surveillance Analyst – Founding Role

Multicoin; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sei Labs, a unicorn startup building Sei, the fasted EVM blockchain for trading, is hiring a Trading Surveillance Analyst as a founding member of the market regulation function. The role starts hands-on and detail-heavy, with clear path to leadership as the exchange goes live and the team grows.

You will monitor activity, investigate alerts, and help design the case-management flow and procedures to scale with volume. Remote-first team and 24/7 coverage are expected.

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years in trade or market surveillance at an exchange or regulator.
• Experience investigating surveillance alerts in a compliant platform.
• Knowledge of manipulative trading patterns and how to evidence them.
• Experience with digital assets investigations and on-chain analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time and post-trade activity for manipulation and fraud.
• Triage alerts, reconstruct orders and determine false positives.
• Work with FCMs and clearing members to gather information.
• Escalate violations and prepare case files for review.
• Help design case-management flow and automation as volume grows.
• Contribute to surveillance procedures and readiness ahead of launch.
• Own high-volume first-line alert review and expand ownership as the function grows.
• Support 24/7 coverage, including weekend/off-hours rotations.

Skills

Trade surveillance

Regulatory knowledge

Data analysis

Written communication

Digital assets investigations

Detail-oriented

Security/compliance

Tools

Nasdaq SMARTS

Eventus Validus

TT Score

NICE Actimize

Chainalysis

TRM Labs

Elliptic

Job description

Sei Labs, a unicorn startup building Sei, the fasted EVM blockchain for trading, is hiring a Trading Surveillance Analyst as a founding member of the market regulation function. The role starts hands-on and detail-heavy, with clear path to leadership as the exchange goes live and the team grows.

You will monitor activity, investigate alerts, and help design the case-management flow and procedures to scale with volume. Remote-first team and 24/7 coverage are expected.