KYC Analyst
Palo Alto, CAJob$100–135K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 3 days ago
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Job overview
SpaceXSI is hiring a KYC Analyst for the X Money Compliance team’s US program. The analyst will conduct first-line KYC and sanctions reviews, investigate complex cases, review case decisions, and support procedure updates and requests from banking partners and regulators. The role also includes identity mismatch resolution, higher-risk customer reviews, and business-customer checks.
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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.
KYC ANALYST We are hiring a KYC Analyst to join the X Money Compliance team on our US program. You will do hands-on case work. You will perform initial (first-line) KYC and sanctions reviews, investigate escalated or complex cases, do quality review of case decisions, and flag trends. You will also help with procedure updates and support requests from banking partners and regulators. RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Perform initial (first-line) KYC and sanctions reviews, and investigate escalated or complex cases
- Resolve identity mismatches
- Review and disposition OFAC sanctions and PEP alerts
- Complete EDD and adverse media reviews on higher-risk customers
- Complete KYB and ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) checks on business customers
- Document each decision clearly in the case record
- Perform quality review of case decisions and flag trends to the KYC Program Manager
- Support updates to KYC and sanctions procedures
- Support requests from banking partners and regulators
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 1+ years of experience in KYC/AML, CIP/CDD, sanctions screening, or fraud operations at a fintech or bank
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Working knowledge of CIP, OFAC, CDD and EDD requirements.
- Detail-oriented, with strong written documentation skills.
- Comfortable working a high-volume queue
- CAMS certification
- Entry-level candidates with strong analytical skills are welcome
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: $100,000 - $135,000 USD Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
How this job compares
Set against the 650 open Compliance Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$100–135K/yr
- California median$100–145K/yr30 salary ranges
- US median$77–115K/yr366 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $118K, is 5% below the California median midpoint ($123K) — in the middle half of Compliance Analyst salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 41 open Compliance Analyst jobs in California and 650 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Compliance Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 504 postings).
- Education
- 197 of the 650 open Compliance Analyst jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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