DeFi Market Surveillance Analyst Global Intelligence and Investigations
Polymarket is a decentralized information markets platform that lets users bet on the outcome of real-world events.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
Funding history
About Polymarket
Polymarket is an information markets platform where users can trade on the outcomes of various events, leveraging the power of free markets to forecast the future. It provides a mechanism for users to bet on real-world events and earn money based on the outcomes.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will monitor and investigate market integrity risks across on-chain activity and order-book behavior. You will triage alerts, trace wallets and funding flows, analyze trading activity, develop detection signals, document cases, and handle law enforcement and regulatory requests.
Requirements
- 3+ years in trade surveillance, on-chain investigations, blockchain analytics, financial crime investigation, or exchange operations
- Hands-on wallet tracing across blockchains, bridges, and funding flows
- Knowledge of order-book manipulation typologies including spoofing, layering, wash trading, and coordinated multi-account activity
- Proficiency in SQL or a comparable query language
- Strong written communication for legal and regulatory case documentation
- Familiarity with prediction markets and crypto-native platforms
- Experience with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, or Elliptic is a plus
- Experience with automated trade-surveillance platforms such as Nasdaq SMARTS is a plus
- Python or similar scripting experience is a plus
Responsibilities
- Triage incoming alerts and referrals against investigation thresholds
- Trace flagged wallets across chains, bridges, and funding flows
- Review order-book and execution data for manipulation and coordinated activity
- Investigate insider trading, oracle manipulation, automated-trading abuse, sanctions exposure, and illicit-finance flows
- Write queries and build lightweight analysis
- Develop new detection signals
- Document matters with sourced, audit-ready findings
- Handle law enforcement and regulatory requests
Benefits
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Full health, vision, and dental coverage
- 401k match
- New MacBook Pro, large display, and accessories
