Compliance Operations Specialist

At Breeze, we're building the AI-powered infrastructure layer for global commerce, making it radically simpler for businesses to sell, get paid, and operate across markets.

We go far beyond traditional payment processing. Breeze combines global payments, AI, stablecoins, and a Merchant of Record-like model to take on the complexity businesses typically manage themselves, including compliance, risk, fraud, chargebacks, reconciliation, and customer support.

Our goal is simple: let businesses focus on building and selling great products while Breeze handles the complexity behind getting paid.

Backed by Sequoia Capital, Multicoin Capital, and The Chainsmokers, Breeze is a successful, rapidly growing, and exceptionally well-capitalized company. We have the runway to think long term while remaining early enough that every person joining today can have a meaningful impact on what we build.

We are hiring a Compliance Operations Specialist to join our team!

As our Compliance Operations Specialist, you'll run the day-to-day operations of our compliance program and make sure our processes are accurate, efficient, and aligned with regulatory standards across every market we serve. You'll own the KYC, AML, and BSA workflows that keep Breeze safe and auditable as we scale. Reporting to the Head of Compliance. 

We're looking for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, wants meaningful ownership, and is excited to build rather than simply maintain.

What You'll Do

• Review and approve user KYC cases.
• Investigate transaction monitoring alerts and escalate suspicious activity.
• Review sanctions and PEP screening alerts.
• Screen crypto wallets and transactions for risk.
• Run enhanced due diligence on high-risk users.
• Support SAR drafting and escalation decisions.
• Respond to information requests from partners, banks, and law enforcement.
• Keep clear, audit-ready case records.
• Suggest improvements to rules, tools, and processes.
• Work with Risk, Fraud, Support, and Product on investigations.
• Support EU compliance obligations, including regulatory filings and AML responsibilities tied to our EU CASP entity.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years in compliance at a fintech, payments, banking, or crypto company.
• Hands-on KYC experience.
• Strong AML knowledge, including BSA/AML and OFAC.
• Transaction monitoring experience.
• Crypto experience, including blockchain analytics tools.
• Sanctions and PEP screening experience.
• Strong attention to detail and clear written communication.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment, without an established playbook.
• A builder mentality with a strong bias toward action.
• Excited to use AI and automation to work smarter and rethink existing processes.
• Comfortable getting into the details and doing the work, regardless of seniority.

Nice to Have

• Experience drafting SARs.
• Experience with third-party KYC and fraud platforms.
• Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup.

Why Breeze

• More than payments: We're building an intelligent infrastructure layer across payments, compliance, risk, fraud, chargebacks, reconciliation, and customer support.
• AI from the ground up: AI isn't an add-on. It's central to how we're building our products and how our teams operate.
• Successful and still early: We have meaningful traction and strong financial foundations while remaining early enough for new hires to have outsized impact.
• Built for the long term: Backed by Sequoia Capital, Multicoin Capital, and The Chainsmokers, we're exceptionally well-capitalized with the runway to think big.
• Real ownership: Lean teams, few layers, direct access to decision-makers, and the autonomy to make things happen.
• Hard problems: Work at the intersection of AI, payments, stablecoins, risk, compliance, financial infrastructure, and global commerce.
• Exceptional team: Work with ambitious, curious, low-ego people who move quickly and care deeply about what they build.
• Room to grow: As Breeze grows, strong performers can quickly expand their scope and take on bigger problems.

How We Work

• Act Now, Improve Later: Ship something real today. Move fast, learn from what happens, and make it better.
• Disagree and Commit: Debate hard before a decision. Once it's made, commit fully and make the outcome right.
• Customers First: When in doubt, start with what's most painful for the customer.
• Own It, End to End: Don't wait to be asked. If you see a problem, take responsibility for solving it.
• Default to Public: Share context openly so the whole team can move faster and learn from each other.
• High Standards, Genuine Warmth: Hold the bar high and treat people well. Be direct, rigorous, kind, and low ego.
• Outcomes Over Activity: We care about what ships, what works, and what moves the needle, not how busy you look.
• AI Forward, Always Learning: Experiment with new tools, automate the repetitive, share what works, and continuously rethink how you can work smarter.

Compensation Philosophy

We believe compensation should be fair, competitive, consistent, and transparent.

• We benchmark compensation against the market and establish thoughtful bands for each role.
• Compensation reflects experience, skills, location, role scope, and expected impact.
• We don't believe pay should primarily depend on how aggressively someone negotiates.
• Eligible employees receive meaningful equity, so the people building Breeze can participate in the long-term value they help create.

Benefits & Perks

• Health coverage: Breeze covers 100% of employee premiums on our competitive base plan and 75% of dependent premiums.
• PTO: 21 days, plus applicable company holidays.
• 401(k): Breeze covers all plan administration fees.
• Equity: Meaningful ownership in the company you're helping build.
• Equipment: A new MacBook Air and whatever else you need to do your best work.
• Office & education allowance: An annual budget for your workspace, tools, and professional development.
• Wellness: A monthly reimbursement to support your well-being.
• Annual global offsite: We bring the global Breeze team together every year. Previous destinations include Bali and Singapore, with Japan coming next.

Location / Working Model

This role is remote in Bulgaria.

Why Join Breeze

• Make an outsized impact: We're successful and still early, with meaningful traction and strong financial foundations. Lean teams, few layers, and direct access to decision-makers mean you'll have real ownership and the autonomy to make things happen.
• Solve hard, meaningful problems: Work at the intersection of AI, payments, stablecoins, risk, compliance, financial infrastructure, and global commerce as we build an intelligent infrastructure layer that goes far beyond payments.
• Build AI-first: AI isn't an add-on. It's central to how we're building our products and how our teams operate. You'll experiment with new tools, automate the repetitive, and continuously rethink how to work smarter.
• Work with an exceptional team: Join ambitious, curious, low-ego people who move quickly, hold a high bar, and care deeply about what they build.
• Grow with Breeze: As Breeze grows, strong performers can quickly expand their scope and take on bigger problems.
• Build for the long term: Backed by Sequoia Capital, Multicoin Capital, and The Chainsmokers, we're exceptionally well-capitalized with the runway to think big.

In-Office Expectations

Employees based in our New York City, NY office follow a hybrid work model and are expected to work from the office three days per week. Employees based in our Singapore office are expected to work on-site five days per week.

In-office expectations may vary slightly depending on role, team, and business needs. Certain roles that require closer cross-functional collaboration or operational support may have additional requirements, which will be discussed during the interview process.

Our approach is designed to support meaningful in-person collaboration, team building, and real-time decision-making while providing flexibility where applicable. We believe this structure enables strong execution, close collaboration, and effective teamwork across our global offices.

Come Build With Us!

We offer a rare combination: the ownership and speed of an early-stage company with the traction, backing, and financial foundations of a successful business.

We're building at the convergence of AI, payments, stablecoins, financial infrastructure, and global commerce. The opportunity is much bigger than building another payment processor.

We're building the intelligent infrastructure layer for global commerce, and there's still an enormous amount left to build.

If you want meaningful ownership, hard problems, exceptional teammates, and the opportunity to help define what comes next, we'd love to hear from you!