Payments Risk Intern: SQL, Dashboards & Fraud Analysis

Jackalope Digital LLC; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Coinbase is offering a 12-week Fraud Risk Intern program in New York as part of the Payments Risk Management team. You will write SQL, build dashboards, and analyze fraud signals to protect users across ACH, card, and real-time payments.

The internship emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering and requires a pursuing degree or related experience. You'll work in a remote-first environment with quarterly in-person surges and learn to translate data into actionable

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree or certificate in a technology, finance, or analytics-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of hands-on SQL experience through coursework, projects, or prior internships.
• Demonstrated ability to translate data into clear, structured recommendations.
• Familiarity with dashboarding tools such as Tableau, Looker, or similar (coursework or personal projects acceptable).
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Write SQL queries and build dashboards to detect anomalous behavior, analyze risk trends, and support ongoing monitoring of payment fraud signals.
• Synthesize data findings into clear narratives and present recommendations to Payments Risk leadership.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering stakeholders to develop and pressure-test risk management strategies.
• Evaluate existing rules and controls for effectiveness, flagging high false-positive rates and recommending improvements.
• Collaborate with Customer Experience and Risk Analytics teams to implement learnings that improve the user journey without introducing incremental risk.
• Document and improve operational processes and procedures for the risk team.

Skills

SQL

Data visualization

Risk analysis

Communication

Education

Pursuing a degree in technology/finance/analytics

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Job description

Coinbase is offering a 12-week Fraud Risk Intern program in New York as part of the Payments Risk Management team. You will write SQL, build dashboards, and analyze fraud signals to protect users across ACH, card, and real-time payments.

The internship emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering and requires a pursuing degree or related experience. You'll work in a remote-first environment with quarterly in-person surges and learn to translate data into actionable