Principal / Staff Engineer - Compliance
Core
Designing and building deterministic compliance engineering systems and AI/ML features for KYC, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting to ensure OKX operates within regulatory frameworks.
Role type
Principal/Staff Engineer (Compliance Engineering & AI Integration)
Builds
Compliance service solutions, AI-powered screening and monitoring workflows, and auditable inference infrastructure for KYC/AML.
Domain
Cryptocurrency exchange, Financial Services, Regulatory Compliance (KYC/AML/Sanctions)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Compliance-first systems mindset (state machines, idempotency, audit logs), AI/ML model integration into Java services, LLM application patterns (RAG, agentic workflows), Distributed systems principles (CAP, consistency), Regulatory domain knowledge (KYC, AML, sanctions), AI output discipline (evals, hallucination tests, human-in-the-loop)
Preferred skills
Experience surviving a regulatory audit, Prompt engineering at system level, Orchestrating AI workflows in regulated environments
Technologies
Java, REST/gRPC, Vector stores, LLM frameworks, AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot)
Responsibilities
Formulate technical schemes for compliance projects including AI/ML features; Coordinate resources and lead R&D for compliance workflows; Facilitate cross-team collaboration to productionize models; Define boundaries between probabilistic AI and deterministic logic; Cultivate technical talent and build AI engineering best practices.
Seniority
Principal/Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight