Solutions Architect - Financial Services

In this role, you’ll:

Own end-to-end customer engagements with banks and financial institutions, from discovery through investigation, solution design, deployment, enablement, and ongoing value delivery

Partner directly with banks and financial institutions to understand investigative, intelligence, compliance, fraud, AML, and operational objectives and translate them into actionable outcomes

Design, build, and maintain custom workflows, notebooks, dashboards, queries, and data models using Chainalysis data and products

Enable customers to operate solutions independently, building internal capability and embedding Chainalysis into their operational infrastructure

Act as the primary technical and domain advisor for customers, building trusted relationships through hands-on expertise and credibility

Deliver live training, demonstrations, investigative walkthroughs, and technical briefings to both technical and non-technical audiences

Support pre-sales technical engagement for complex and strategic financial services opportunities, helping customers understand what is possible and how to achieve it

Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Global Intelligence, and Sales to influence the roadmap and improve offerings based on customer and market intelligence

Develop and share financial services domain expertise, investigative techniques, and best practices that raise the capability of the wider team

We’re looking for candidates who have:

Professional experience working directly with banks, financial institutions, or other financial services organizations

Fluency in both spoken and written Japanese

Conducted or directly supported cryptocurrency investigations, blockchain intelligence, financial crime analysis, AML, compliance, fraud, or related work in an operational environment

Strong understanding of how banks and financial institutions manage financial crime, compliance, risk, investigations, and digital asset exposure

Deep familiarity with blockchain ecosystems, including BTC, ETH, stablecoins and DeFi, and how on-chain data can be used within financial crime, compliance, risk, or investigative workflows

Delivered customer-facing technical solutions, whether investigative outputs, data products, or analytical workflows, in complex real-world environments

Built insights from large or complex datasets and communicated findings to varied audiences, from analysts to senior banking executives

Operated successfully in fast-paced, ambiguous environments requiring ownership, adaptability, and sound judgment

Required Skills:

Technical Skills

Proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis, transformation, and solution development

Experience building notebooks, dashboards, and analytical workflows

Solid understanding of data modelling, querying, and working with large datasets

Ability to quickly develop deep expertise in Chainalysis data structures, schemas, and products

Financial Services & Domain Expertise

Substantive experience working with banks or financial institutions is a must

Experience in one or more relevant domains, such as AML, financial crime investigations, fraud, sanctions and compliance, risk, cybercrime, or digital asset compliance

Understanding of how banks and financial institutions operate, including their investigative workflows, regulatory environment, risk frameworks, and stakeholder structures

Ability to apply financial services and domain expertise to shape investigative approaches, solution design, and customer advisory

Strong understanding of how blockchain intelligence and digital asset data can support banking, compliance, risk, and financial crime objectives

Customer & Communication Skills

Proven ability to build trusted, long-term relationships with banking and financial services customers through technical and domain credibility

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex investigative and data concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Fluent Japanese communication skills, both written and verbal

Comfortable leading customer sessions, workshops, training, and technical working groups

Experience enabling and upskilling customer teams, not just delivering outputs but building long-term customer capability

Ability to communicate effectively with senior banking, compliance, risk, AML, and financial crime stakeholders

AI at Chainalysis
AI is not a feature at Chainalysis - it is a new way of working. One that turns instructions into work done, and helps us move faster than the threats we're built to counter, and we expect our employees to take ownership of the output and ensure quality. As the world's most trusted blockchain analytics platform, Chainalysis sits at a rare intersection of proprietary data, regulatory relationships and crypto expertise that makes it uniquely placed to shape and lead the next era of AI-driven intelligence - and we expect everyone here, regardless of role, to be an active part of it.

AI fluency is tied directly to how we measure performance and how we plan to win. There is no substitute for your own curiosity. We provide the tools, workflows, and space to experiment - but the expectation is that you develop these capabilities yourself, bring ideas, and collaborate across teams to reinvent the way work gets done. We are not using AI to do less. We are using it to do what was never possible before.

About Chainalysis

Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform, making it easy to connect the movement of digital assets to real-world services. Powered by deep blockchain data and AI, organizations can investigate illicit activity, manage risk exposure, and develop innovative market solutions built on the industry's most trusted blockchain intelligence. Our mission is to build trust in blockchains, blending safety and security with an unwavering commitment to growth and innovation.

You belong here.

At Chainalysis, we believe that diversity of experience and thought makes us stronger. With both customers and employees around the world, we are committed to ensuring our team reflects the unique communities around us. We’re ensuring we keep learning by committing to continually revisit and reevaluate our diversity culture.

We encourage applicants across any race, ethnicity, gender/gender expression, age, spirituality, ability, experience and more. If you need any accommodations to make our interview process more accessible to you due to a disability, don't hesitate to let us know. You can learn more here. We can’t wait to meet you.