DeFi Market Surveillance Analyst, Global Intelligence & Investigations
PolymarketPrediction Markets company
New York, United StatesSenior
Founders Fund
General Catalyst
Polychain
Intercontinental Exchange
ParaFi
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Analyze DeFi markets to detect and investigate illicit activities and maintain market integrity.
- •Polymarket is seeking a DeFi Market Surveillance Analyst to join its Global Intelligence & Investigations team.
- •This role focuses on maintaining market fairness by detecting and investigating illicit activities such as insider trading, market manipulation, and fraud on the Polymarket platform.
- •Key Responsibilities Triage incoming alerts and referrals daily against documented investigation thresholds.
- •Trace flagged wallets across chains, bridges, and funding flows.
- •Review order-book and execution data for manipulation and coordinated activity.
- •Investigate various manipulation risks including insider trading, oracle manipulation, and illicit finance flows.
- •Write queries, build lightweight analysis, and propose new detection signals.
- •Requirements 3+ years in trade surveillance, on-chain investigations, blockchain analytics, financial crime investigation, or exchange operations.
- •Hands-on wallet tracing experience across blockchains.
- •Solid working knowledge of order-book manipulation typologies.
- •Proficiency in SQL or a comparable query language.
- •Strong written communication skills for case documentation.
Required skills
SQLPython
Domain expertise
crypto
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary & equity, Unlimited PTO, Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage, 401k match, Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories
Tech stack
SQLPython