Digital Assets Compliance Engineer

As an On-Chain Compliance Engineer at ING, you will design, build, integrate, and operate technology capabilities that enable ING to monitor, assess, and control compliance risks in digital asset activities. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, financial crime compliance, AML/CFT, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, Travel Rule requirements, data engineering, and regulatory technology. Your mission is to help ING detect and prevent financial crime risks linked to digital assets by creating scalable, automated, explainable, and auditable compliance controls for on-chain activity. This is a hands-on engineering role with strong compliance awareness, where you understand how regulatory obligations translate into technical controls, data models, APIs, alerting workflows, case management, and evidence trails.

What you'll do

• Design and build technology capabilities for monitoring, assessing, and controlling compliance risks in digital asset activities
• Create scalable, automated, explainable, and auditable compliance controls for on-chain activity
• Integrate compliance tools and data models with engineering systems to translate regulatory obligations into technical controls
• Develop APIs, alerting workflows, case management systems, and evidence trails for financial crime detection and prevention
• Collaborate with global teams across multiple ING locations on solutions used across the bank

What you bring

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Cyber Security, Mathematics, Finance Technology, or a related field (equivalent hands-on experience may also be considered)
• Understanding of AML/CFT, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, and suspicious activity reporting
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics, wallet risk scoring, transaction tracing, and crypto typologies
• Awareness of Travel Rule requirements and the importance of originator and beneficiary information in crypto-asset transfers
• Understanding of EU digital asset regulation, including MiCA and related AML/CFT expectations for crypto-asset service providers
• Ability to work in a regulated banking environment where traceability, control evidence, privacy, security, and auditability are essential

Nice to have

• Blockchain, digital assets, AML, sanctions, or financial crime-related certifications such as CAMS, ICA, Chainalysis certification, TRM certification, or Elliptic certification
• Security, data engineering, or DevOps-related certifications
• Experience with blockchain analytics platforms such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, Merkle Science, Scorechain, or Crystal
• Experience with case management, alert triage, investigation workflows, or financial crime platforms
• Knowledge of tokenization, digital assets, stablecoins, CBDCs, tokenized deposits, custody, settlement, and wholesale banking use cases
• Experience with permissioned blockchain platforms such as Corda, Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Besu, Quorum, or Ethereum-compatible networks
• Knowledge of DeFi protocols, decentralized exchanges, mixers, bridges, privacy-enhancing tools, and smart contract risk
• Experience with graph analytics, network analysis, entity resolution, anomaly detection, or machine learning for fraud and AML use cases
• Experience with data governance, lineage, retention, privacy, access control, and audit evidence
• Experience working with global teams, multi-country regulatory requirements, and enterprise architecture standards

What we offer

• 14 days of welcome leave, even in your first year
• Flexible hybrid working model with two days per week at the Vadistanbul office (three weeks per month) and one fully remote week per month
• Additional remote working opportunities throughout August
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family
• Private Pension Plan
• Training budget and Udemy partnership
• Meal Card
• Transportation Allowance
• MultiSport Membership
• English Language Development Support
• Global mobility and international career opportunities
• Challenging projects and continuous learning opportunities

About ING

ING is a global financial institution with a presence across multiple countries. You will join an international technology organization at ING Hubs Türkiye where ownership, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and engineering excellence are core values. ING's teams design and deliver critical technology platforms supporting the bank's digital transformation, built on scalable architectures, strong engineering practices, and continuous learning.