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Outlook 2027: six shifts in the open-source threat picture, and what each one changes for investigators.

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Careers

Do work that gets finished.

Our investigators own their cases from first question to final debrief, and they see what happens next: the arrest, the frozen account, the deal that did not close. If you want your research to end in an answer, read on.

  • Remote-first across 14 time zones
  • 41 working languages
  • Quarterly hiring cohorts

The work

What it is like to work here.

Small case teams, senior review, real consequences. You will be challenged on every conclusion, and you will become a far better investigator for it.

We hire people who are curious, careful and honest about uncertainty. Backgrounds vary widely. What our people share is a refusal to stop at the first plausible answer.

Meet the people who lead the work

  • Ownership of real casesAnalysts work on live client matters from their first month, with a named mentor reviewing their work.
  • Structured developmentA tradecraft curriculum, a personal training budget and time each quarter to develop new techniques.
  • Welfare taken seriouslyLimited exposure to harmful content, rotation off difficult casework and confidential counseling for everyone.
  • Remote-first, with a rhythmWork from where you are, with shared hours for your case team and an annual in-person gathering.
  • Clear ethical linesYou will never be asked to deceive anyone or cut a corner. Our standards protect you as much as our clients.

Who we hire

Many backgrounds. One standard.

Investigators

Former police, prosecution, regulatory and corporate investigators who know what evidence must look like to be acted on.

Researchers and journalists

Verification specialists and investigative reporters who can find a fact, test it and explain it clearly.

Financial crime specialists

People who can read a corporate filing, trace a payment and spot a nominee structure at a glance.

Analysts and linguists

Native speakers with regional expertise who catch the slang, codes and context that machine translation misses.

Engineers

Builders of collection, evidence and analysis systems that investigators depend on under pressure.

Watch floor analysts

Calm, fast thinkers who can verify a threat at three in the morning and make the right call.

Selection

How we hire.

Our process tests the work, not the interview performance. It takes three to five weeks from application to offer.

  1. 01 / Application

    Application review

    A short written application describing an investigation you are proud of and what you would do differently.

  2. 02 / Exercise

    Work-sample exercise

    A timed, paid exercise based on a fictional case, assessed blind by two of our investigators.

  3. 03 / Interviews

    Structured interviews

    Conversations with your future team about your exercise, your judgment and how you handle uncertainty.

  4. 04 / Vetting

    Vetting and references

    Background screening and references proportionate to the sensitivity of the role, explained up front.

Open roles

Current recruiting priorities.

We recruit in quarterly cohorts so that new joiners train together. The next application window opens in January 2027 and will be announced on this page.

  • Remote
  • Full time
  • Financial crime

Senior Investigator, Financial Crime

Lead fraud attribution and asset tracing cases for banks and law firms. Five or more years tracing money across registries and ledgers.

  • Remote
  • Full time
  • Influence operations

Analyst, Influence Operations

Detect and map coordinated campaigns. Native-level command of at least one language besides English is required.

  • Remote
  • Full time
  • Dark web

Analyst, Dark Web Intelligence

Track illicit markets, forums and leak sites, and connect anonymous personas to real-world activity within our standards.

  • Remote
  • Shift based
  • Watch floor

Watch Floor Analyst, Overnight

Verify and escalate threats for monitoring clients during overnight hours, with full support from an on-call lead.

  • Remote
  • Full time
  • Engineering

Platform Engineer, Evidence Systems

Build and harden Aldervane Capture: forensic collection, hashing, audit trails and evidence export.

  • Remote
  • Full time
  • Screening

Identity Analyst, Screening and Vetting

Test the histories that candidates and contractors present against independent records, and write discrepancies an adjudicator can rely on.

  • Remote
  • Full time
  • Supply chain

Trade Data Analyst, Supply Chain Intelligence

Rebuild supplier tiers from shipment records and registries. Experience reading customs data and a second working language are required.

  • Remote
  • Shift based
  • Regional desks

Country Analyst, Geopolitical Risk

Verify events and write assessments for one of our six regional desks. Native command of a language of the region is required.

  • Remote
  • Full time
  • Engineering

Geospatial Engineer, Aldervane Atlas

Build the mapping, imagery and footprint features that let analysts measure an event against a client's sites and routes.

  • Remote
  • Part time
  • Training

OSINT Instructor

Teach tradecraft courses to client teams alongside your casework. Prior teaching experience is valued.

Start an engagement

Bring us the question nobody else could answer.

Tell us what you need to know and why. A senior investigator will scope it with you, tell you candidly what open sources can and cannot establish, and propose a plan with a fixed fee and a firm timeline.