AI Agents Solutions Architect - Compliance
$80,000–$100,000 year
Remote
Job Summary
As an AI Agents Solutions Architect within Kraken's Compliance team, you will be responsible for architecting and building AI-driven solutions to enhance compliance processes. This role involves the end-to-end design, deployment, and governance of AI-powered Compliance solutions, requiring strong capabilities in AI and workflow automation. Candidates should possess over 8 years of experience in compliance operations, demonstrating proficiency in compliance regulations and risk assessment, as well as hands-on experience with AI integration in compliance contexts. You will lead the effort to automate compliance tasks, ensuring adherence to strict regulatory and privacy standards.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Compliance operations, financial crime, regulatory technology, or a combined compliance and technical role with demonstrated senior-level execution.
- Strong fluency with AI and workflow automation tools, with demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and driving adoption of AI solutions within Compliance or RegTech workflows.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and deploying AI-powered or automated workflows in a production environment used by others, not just experimentation.
- Deep working knowledge of anti-financial crime (e.g. AML/CFT, sanctions, transaction monitoring systems), capital markets compliance (e.g. sales and trading, market conduct, transaction surveillance, conflicts management) and data privacy frameworks.
- Systems thinker with a strong implementation mindset -- able to move from discovery to design to build to deployment to optimization without relying on external consultants.
- Proficiency with AI tooling stack: n8n, Python, Claude API/Anthropic SDK, or equivalent. Experience connecting Compliance systems via API is required.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to structure ambiguous compliance questions into clear, actionable, automated analysis.
- Solid understanding of data classification, customer PII handling, and cross-jurisdictional compliance obligations including GDPR, BSA, FATF standards, and applicable AML data retention requirements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills. Able to translate technical automation solutions and complex analytical results for Compliance professionals, senior leadership, and regulators who are not technical.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with case management platforms (Actimize, NICE Actimize, Quantexa, or equivalent) and their API or integration architecture.
- Experience using AI for document analysis, transaction narrative generation, or regulatory report drafting in a financial crime or compliance context.
- Familiarity with regulatory examination readiness: documentation standards, model risk governance, and audit trail requirements for AI-assisted compliance decisions.
- Experience with spreadsheet automation (Google Apps Script or equivalent) and advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets for compliance analytics.
- Python programming skills for transaction data analysis, risk scoring models, or compliance pipeline automation.
- Background in compliance technology platform administration: AML systems, KYC platforms, case management, markets business conduct or sanctions screening tools.
- Prior experience standing up or operating a RegTech, compliance automation, or financial crime analytics function.
- Experience in crypto, fintech, payments, capital markets or a regulated financial institution operating across multiple jurisdictions with exposure to FinCEN, SEC, FCA, MAS, or equivalent regulatory bodies.
Additional Requirements
- We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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