Anti-Money Laundering Investigator

District Partners is building a financial crime operations team in Lisbon to support a major cryptocurrency exchange. You will investigate alerts generated by customer and transaction monitoring systems, trace funds on-chain and off-chain, decide whether activity is explained, needs escalation, or warrants a suspicious activity report, and maintain audit-ready case files. We are hiring at several levels: hands-on investigators, quality reviewers, team leads, and an operations manager.

What you'll do

• Investigate crypto deposits, withdrawals, transfers, fiat funding, and account behavior using KYC/CDD/EDD data, transaction histories, internal records, and open-source intelligence
• Trace funds on-chain with tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, or Elliptic, and match that activity to off-chain customer records
• Spot digital-asset typologies, including layering, structuring, chain hopping, mixers, high-risk exchanges, scams and fraud, ransomware, darknet markets, mule activity, and sanctions exposure
• Check customer activity against expected behavior, source of funds and wealth, geography, and transaction history
• Decide outcomes: close cases, escalate, refer to sanctions or fraud teams, or recommend a suspicious activity report
• Produce concise, fact-based, audit-ready case documentation
• Raise emerging typologies, linked accounts, and control gaps with compliance leadership
• Work in a production environment with defined quality, productivity, and regulatory deadlines

What you bring

• Experience in AML transaction monitoring or suspicious activity investigations at a bank, fintech, payment company, or crypto exchange (2+ years for Investigator; 3+ years for Quality Control Analyst; 5+ years including 2+ years leading or reviewing analysts for Team Lead; 7+ years including 3+ years managing leads or supervisors for Operations Manager)
• Practical knowledge of crypto transaction flows: wallets, addresses, transaction hashes, centralized and decentralized exchanges, stablecoins, bridges, and smart contracts
• Hands-on experience with blockchain analytics or wallet-screening platforms
• Working knowledge of AML, CDD/EDD, sanctions, and suspicious activity reporting obligations, including US frameworks (BSA, FinCEN, OFAC)
• Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple cases or priorities against deadlines
• Strong written and spoken English, with the ability to explain complex transaction activity clearly
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• Investigation experience at a crypto exchange or other virtual asset service provider
• Chainalysis experience (strongly preferred)
• Experience with account takeovers, fraud proceeds, ransomware, or darknet investigations
• ACAMS, CFCS, CCI, CCAS, or Chainalysis certification
• For leadership roles: experience with training, calibration, procedure updates, audits, or regulatory inquiries

About District Partners

District Partners recruits and builds financial crime operations teams for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital-asset companies. The team in Lisbon supports a major exchange, investigating alerts and managing AML compliance at scale.