Web3 Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Specialist
CertiK is a Web3 security platform providing blockchain and smart-contract audits, formal verification, compliance and risk intelligence, monitoring, and validator services.
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About CertiK
CertiK is a New York-based Web3 security company founded in December 2017 by professors from Yale and Columbia. Its current offerings include smart-contract and blockchain audits, formal verification, penetration testing, DLT security, KYC and regulatory compliance services, SkyInsights risk analytics, Skynet security intelligence, validator operations, AI Auditor, CertiK Hunt, and Skylens.
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About the Role
You will deliver Web3 regulatory advisory projects and help clients prepare for licensing and authorisation. You will translate regulatory obligations into practical controls, coordinate application materials and regulator responses, and present findings in reports and workshops. You will also research regulatory developments, develop reusable compliance methods and tools, and improve delivery workflows.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience supporting a Web3 licensing or authorisation process for a CASP, VASP, token issuer, or similar digital-asset business.
- Two to four years of experience in digital-asset regulatory compliance, financial-services licensing, legal or compliance operations, consulting, or a related role.
- Practical understanding of blockchain networks, wallets, custody, exchanges, transfers, token issuance, stablecoins, and digital-asset business models.
- Working knowledge of governance, operational risk, consumer protection, technology, cybersecurity, or AML requirements relevant to digital-asset firms.
- Ability to interpret regulation, map obligations to controls, produce documentation, and coordinate contributors, evidence, dependencies, and deadlines.
- Professional written and spoken English.
- Reliable overlap with CET and CEST business hours.
- Relevant legal, compliance, risk, accounting, or information-security qualification or certification is an advantage.
- Additional European or Middle Eastern language skills are an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Deliver Web3 regulatory advisory projects, including licensing and authorisation readiness, gap assessments, compliance reviews, and implementation support.
- Translate regulatory requirements into practical governance, AML/CFT, cybersecurity, technology, and operational controls.
- Coordinate application materials, evidence, stakeholders, and responses to regulators.
- Present findings and recommendations in reports and workshops, and manage delivery scope, timelines, and follow-up actions.
- Monitor and analyse Web3 regulation and supervisory expectations across priority jurisdictions.
- Develop reusable methods, templates, control mappings, knowledge materials, and regulatory service offerings.
- Develop and improve compliance tools and workflows, including requirements definition, regulatory content, and testing.
- Use market developments and client feedback to improve tools, services, and delivery consistency.
Benefits
- Remote work from Europe or a nearby time zone.
- Equity or token options where applicable.
