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Head of Compliance

Fun.xyz· Legal
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$300k - $360kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Head of Compliance to build and own the compliance function for Fun’s non-custodial, cross-rail infrastructure supporting fiat and crypto money movement globally, reporting to General Counsel and collaborating with CEO, Finance & Operations, Engineering, Partnerships and Customer Support.

Responsibilities

  • The sanctions program. Screening standards, escalation and decisioning, recordkeeping, and reporting – end to end, with a clear and documented rationale for every design choice.
  • Policies, procedures, and risk assessment. The written foundation of the program, built for our unique defi-rails architecture rather than inherited from a template.
  • Vendors and tooling. Selection, implementation, and ongoing management of blockchain analytics and screening providers, held to measurable performance rather than to their sales decks.
  • Compliance by design. Working with Engineering, Product and Customer Success early enough that controls live inside the product, not around it.
  • Outside advisors. Directing compliance support and specialist advisors – setting the questions, owning the answers, and deciding what gets built in-house versus bought.

Qualifications

  • Eight or more years in compliance, including meaningful time at a leading crypto or decentralized finance (DeFi) company, a digital asset exchange, or a financial institution with a serious digital assets practice.
  • Working command of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions requirements as applied to on-chain activity – practical and current, not theoretical.
  • Direct experience with non-custodial or self-custody product architectures, and a clear point of view on how compliance obligations attach to them.
  • Fluency with blockchain analytics tooling and on-chain investigation.
  • A policy mindset. Ability to write standards, defend them, and distinguish rules, norms, and vendor defaults.
  • Excellent written communication. Ability to produce documents that drive action.
  • Comfort as the first and only compliance hire, with ambition to build a function.

Skills

Required:OFAC sanctions knowledgeNon-custodial/self-custody complianceBlockchain analytics tooling

Benefits

  • strong total rewards package that may include equity ownership, performance incentives, and comprehensive benefits
  • base salary $300,000 – $360,000 with NYC pay transparency guidelines
  • opportunity to shape compliance posture for infrastructure serving multiple applications
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Modern payment infrastructure for fast growing fintechs.

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