Senior Crypto Threat Analyst - Terrorism

As a Senior Crypto Threat Analyst focused on Terrorism Financing (CTF) at Elliptic, you lead complex investigations into how terrorist actors and their facilitators use cryptoassets. You act as a subject matter expert for our global intelligence team, validating exposure and attribution confidence while translating findings into actionable intelligence that helps financial institutions and governments disrupt illicit networks. Your work directly enhances Elliptic's industry-leading intelligence dataset and shapes how customers strengthen their CTF controls on a global scale.

What you'll do

• Lead CTF-focused research and investigations into cryptoasset activity linked to terrorist organisations, facilitators, propaganda and fundraising ecosystems, and operational support networks, including identifying emerging typologies.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive picture of evolving CTF trends and ensure Elliptic's intelligence covers the full range of terrorist actors and facilitators using crypto.
• Work across multiple jurisdictions and designation regimes (UN, US, UK, EU and relevant domestic counter-terrorism frameworks), ensuring intelligence outputs align to different legal definitions, evidentiary expectations, and customer obligations.
• Collaborate with the global intelligence team to identify and integrate new entities, wallet clusters, and illicit behaviors into Elliptic's dataset, keeping it robust, actionable, and defensible.
• Represent Elliptic's CTF intelligence capabilities in client briefings, training sessions, and industry forums, communicating complex findings clearly to compliance teams, regulators, and public-sector partners.
• Support public-sector partners with intelligence that assists disruption of facilitation networks in the digital asset ecosystem.

What you bring

• Deep experience in intelligence analysis, financial crime, OSINT, or related investigative fields, including work on illicit or terrorist financing.
• A senior or highly autonomous role demonstrating independent judgment and strategic decision-making.
• Understanding of cryptoassets, blockchain analysis, and on-chain tracing tools.
• Experience producing clear, evidence-based intelligence reports for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to use Python, SQL, or AI-assisted querying to extract and analyze blockchain or open-source data.
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent judgment when handling sensitive or uncertain intelligence.
• Collaborative and proactive approach, comfortable working across global, interdisciplinary teams.
• AI fluency and demonstrated ability to effectively apply AI tools and approaches relevant to intelligence analysis, including using AI to accelerate research workflows, pattern identification, OSINT processing, and drafting written outputs.
• High autonomy and minimal need for oversight.
• Deep curiosity and drive to uncover hidden patterns and connections.

Nice to have

• A PhD or advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Proven experience investigating terrorist or sanctioned actors' use of cryptoassets.
• Fluency or working proficiency in multiple languages, especially those relevant to terrorism or illicit finance research.
• Publications, briefings, or media contributions on threat finance or cryptoasset misuse.
• Understanding of obfuscation techniques used by illicit actors.

What we offer

• Hybrid working with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.
• Remote work budget of $650 to set up your home office space.
• Annual Learning and Development budget of $1,000 to use on anything that contributes to your growth.
• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 US Public Holidays, and an extra day off for your birthday.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage through multiple providers (including Tufts, Kaiser, Aetna, UHC, and Blue Shield of CA) with generous premium contributions for you and your dependents.
• 401k with company match.
• Full access to Spill mental health support.

About Elliptic

Elliptic provides blockchain analysis and intelligence to help financial institutions and governments combat financial crime and illicit activity in digital assets. The company builds industry-leading tools and datasets that enable customers to strengthen compliance, manage risk, and make defensible decisions in the crypto ecosystem.