Digital Assets Compliance

About Column

For companies building financial technology and transforming the financial services space the biggest bottleneck to their growth and innovation is often the underlying banks and infrastructure stack they rely on. We have spent our careers founding and scaling companies like Plaid Square Meta Blend and Affirm and have seen this problem firsthand builders and developers needing to partner with traditional banks and creating API and abstraction layers over the patchwork that is the bank its core and many other vendors. All of this results in a complex (and often expensive) banking supply chain involving a user fintech BaaS middleware provider bank core and the Federal Reserve.

At Column we set out to simplify and fix this. We are a bank and a software company built from the ground up offering builders and developers technology-forward banking solutions that cut out the hundreds of vendors middleware providers and abstraction layers. This means a safer more transparent and less costly banking supply chain. Come build with us!

The opportunity

Were hiring for a Digital Assets Compliance role to architect and own Columns compliance framework for its crypto products from the ground up. The GENIUS Act has created the first federal framework for stablecoins and we need someone who can translate complex evolving regulations into practical systems that protect the bank while enabling innovation.

This isnt a box-checking compliance role. We need a builder who understands that compliance done right is a competitive advantage it unlocks partnerships accelerates product velocity and builds trust with regulators. Youll work directly with our product engineering and risk teams to build systems that scale not just policies that look good on paper.

What this role is : This role serves as the primary compliance partner across all relevant teams customers and business functions just with deep specialization in digital assets. Youll be embedded with product and engineering teams building stablecoin infrastructure payment rails and crypto-enabled banking products.

What this role is NOT : This is not a securities or broker-dealer compliance role. Were not looking for expertise in custody capital markets or investment products. Many crypto compliance professionals to date have focused on securities regulations for trading platforms and custodial services. We need someone who understands payments money transmission banking regulations and how digital assets interact with traditional payment systems not someone whos spent their career navigating SEC rules for crypto exchanges.

This position will report directly to the Banks Chief Compliance Officer and the individual in the role must be willing to work in person in our Presidio-based office in San Francisco (3-4 days / week).

What youll do

Build the compliance infrastructure

Design and implement our end-to-end AML / BSA compliance program for stablecoin and crypto payment products in accordance with the GENIUS Act and Bank Secrecy Act requirements

Establish customer identification programs (CIP) customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) frameworks tailored to digital asset transactions

Build and maintain a comprehensive sanctions compliance program for digital assets including blockchain analytics wallet screening and sanctions risk management specific to crypto payment flows

Expand our existing suspicious activity monitoring and sanctions screening tools and processes to blend digital asset-specific workflows

Build consumer protection compliance programs covering marketing disclosure UDAAP and other consumer-facing regulatory requirements specific to digital assets

Partner cross-functionally to enable the business

Serve as the primary compliance partner to product and engineering teams building the stablecoin infrastructure

Translate regulatory requirements into concrete technical specifications (e.g. we need the ability to freeze tokens within X minutes of receiving a court order)

Conduct compliance reviews of new product features and partnerships before launch

Partner with our bank compliance team to ensure our crypto program integrates seamlessly with Columns existing BSA / AML framework

Build for scale

Define data requirements and work with engineering to ensure we collect and retain the right information for compliance and investigations

Document policies procedures and controls in a way that enables self-service and scales as we grow

Build training programs to ensure all relevant teams understand their compliance obligations

What youll need to be successful

7 years of experience in financial crimes compliance with at least 3 years working on digital assets crypto or blockchain-related compliance

Expert knowledge of BSA / AML requirements and how they apply to digital assets under the existing regulatory and industry standards and be the Banks subject-matter expert on the coming GENIUS Act rules

Strong understanding of stablecoin mechanics blockchain technology and crypto payment flows

Experience designing and implementing CIP CDD / EDD transaction monitoring and SAR processes

First-principles thinker who can design robust systems from scratch not just operate existing playbooks

Strong technical aptitude comfortable working with engineering teams to build compliance into product architecture

Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making risk-based decisions with incomplete information

High EQ and strong stakeholder management skills; can build trust with regulators auditors and internal teams

What youll get from us :

Comprehensive health dental and vision plans including options that are 100% covered by Column for you and 100% covered for your dependents!

Comprehensive family planning and fertility benefits via partnership with Carrot including reimbursement of up to $20000 in qualified expenses

Up to $2000 (post-tax) monthly rent subsidy for employees living within 2 miles of Columns office

FSA and HSA account options to enable use of pre-tax money for medical and dependent care expenses

401k plan including self-directed brokerage options

Flexible time-off policy - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge

100% paid parental leave including 16 weeks for birth mothers 12 weeks for primary caregivers and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers

Up to $4500 in annual reimbursements for backup childcare

Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees

Commuter benefits including paid transportation to-and-from the office

Regular team building events including annual offsite

Pay transparency :

Compensation packages at Column include base salary equity and benefits. New hire offers are made based on a candidates experience expertise geographic location and internal pay equity relative to peers.

The annual base salary range for this role is $165000 - $220000 equity.

We look forward to hearing from you

Column is committed to working with the best and brightest people from the broadest talent pool possible. We value bringing together a team with different perspectives educational backgrounds and life experiences and believe a diversity of ideas is what allows us to develop the best solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Compliance

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 165000 - 220000