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Company brief · updated 2026-10-19

Sphinx

sphinxhq.com · Fintech

8open roles
0new in 30 days
0closed in 30 days
0remote-eligible
freezehiring velocity

What they're building

AI analysts that work inside browsers, APIs and internal systems to automate AML, KYC, KYB and transaction monitoring end-to-end strong signal

Today: "AI Compliance Agent for KYB & AML Automation" (site title); "Our AI agents log in, click, and decide, just like a real employee."

Roles: Forward Deployed Engineer · Member of Technical Staff · Product Engineer · Compliance Lead

Requirements mention: browser agents · computer vision · DOM understanding · robust error handling · distributed inference · queue orchestration · legacy systems · government portals · third-party platforms · regulatory workflows · machine-readable logic · false-positives

Inference: the engineering requirements point to making the existing browser agents more reliable at scale and extending them to legacy systems, government portals and third-party platforms. The Compliance Lead role points to turning regulatory workflows into machine-readable logic and reducing false positives.

First dedicated sales hire and a content function built from zero, all in San Francisco moderate signal

Today: "Book a demo" and "trusted by FDIC, OCC, and Fed Regulated financial institutions" (site)

Roles: Founding Sales · Head of Content · GTM

Requirements mention: full sales cycle · cold-call · build pipeline · sales playbook · comp structures · content strategy · case studies · thought leadership · zero to one

Inference: three go-to-market roles opened in January and February 2026 suggest the company is moving sales and marketing from founders to dedicated hires, alongside existing customers. The postings do not say how far along either function is.

Risk data infrastructure weak signal

Today: "Total Data Clarity: We combine structured data with real-world context"; "UBO Mapping" (site)

Roles: Member of Technical Staff

Requirements mention: global risk graph · deep research · self-healing data pipelines

No inference: this appears in only one role.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Engineering3
GTM2
Product1
Operations1
Sales1

Eight open roles, all in San Francisco: Engineering has the most (3), GTM has 2, and Sales, Product and Operations have one each; the Chief of Staff role in Operations is not tied to a build item here.

Who they need

Seniority: 3 senior, 1 director, 4 with no seniority stated.

Skills named most: AML, KYC, KYB, transaction monitoring, browsers, APIs, AI agents, computer vision, DOM understanding, queue orchestration, distributed inference, full sales cycle

Locations: All 8 roles are listed as San Francisco; 0 roles are remote.

How to use this

If you're applying: Apply only if you can work in San Francisco, since no roles are remote. Forward Deployed Engineer and Member of Technical Staff ask for computer vision, DOM understanding and distributed inference; only Member of Technical Staff lists browser agents. Product Engineer asks for full stack and AI integrations. Compliance Lead wants AML, KYC and KYB experience with product management. Sales and content roles want hands-on full sales cycle and content strategy experience.

If you're selling or recruiting: Eight open roles, with none opened or closed in the last 30 days or the 30 days before that, so the company is not currently adding roles. Forward Deployed Engineer and Member of Technical Staff have been open since October 2025. For vendors: the Founding Sales posting covers pricing, packaging, territory planning, procurement and comp structures, and the Head of Content posting covers podcast, video, newsletters, physical campaigns and billboards.

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Open roles (8)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Compliance LeadProductSan Francisco2026-07-17
Chief of StaffOperationsSan Francisco2026-05-20
Product EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco2026-02-22
Head of ContentGTMSan Francisco2026-02-22
Founding SalesSalesSan Francisco2026-02-22
GTMGTMSan Francisco2026-01-19
Forward Deployed EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco2025-10-20
Member of Technical StaffEngineeringSan Francisco2025-10-19