Deployment Strategist - Crypto Investigations

The role

Deployment Strategists are embedded technical experts who own the full lifecycle of customer value. You will conduct blockchain investigations, design tailored solutions, and enable customer teams to operationalise Chainalysis independently.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end customer engagements from discovery through investigation and deployment
• Conduct blockchain investigations using tracing, OSINT, and analytical techniques
• Partner with customers to translate objectives into actionable outcomes
• Design, build, and maintain custom workflows, notebooks, dashboards, queries, and data models
• Enable customers to operate solutions independently through training and enablement
• Act as the primary technical and domain advisor for customers
• Deliver live training, demos, investigative walkthroughs, and technical briefings
• Support pre-sales technical engagement for complex and strategic deals
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Global Intel, and Sales to influence roadmap
• Develop and share domain expertise and investigative techniques with the GS team

Required qualifications

• Conducted or directly supported cryptocurrency investigations, blockchain intelligence work, or financial crime analysis in an operational environment
• Deep familiarity with blockchain ecosystems (BTC, ETH, stablecoins, DeFi)
• Delivered customer-facing technical solutions in complex, real-world environments
• Worked directly with customers in law enforcement, national security, intelligence, compliance, financial crime, or security-focused domains
• Built insights from large or complex datasets and communicated findings to varied audiences
• Operated successfully in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis, transformation, and solution development
• Experience building notebooks, dashboards, and analytical workflows
• Solid understanding of data modelling, querying, and working with large datasets
• Substantive knowledge of at least one domain: financial and cyber crime investigations, sanctions and compliance, fraud, national security, DeFi/protocol security, tax, or private sector risk
• Understanding of customer workflows and regulatory environments in your domain
• Ability to build trusted, long-term customer relationships through technical and domain credibility

Nice to have

• Direct experience with Chainalysis products
• Background in law enforcement, intelligence, or military investigations
• Experience providing expert evidence or supporting legal proceedings
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (BSA/AML, sanctions screening, MiCA, Travel Rule)
• Experience with data engineering tools and platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, cloud-based analytics)
• Published research, intelligence products, or thought leadership in blockchain analytics or financial crime

About the company

Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform that connects the movement of digital assets to real-world services. Its mission is to build trust in blockchains by blending safety and security with growth and innovation.