Remote-First Senior Onchain Investigator | Threat Intelligence

Coinbase, Inc.; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 180,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) plan

Equity opportunities

Remote-friendly culture

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end onchain investigations, cluster illicit activity, and turn findings into actionable detections and blocks. You will build scalable OSINT and onchain pipelines, and lead incident reviews with stakeholders.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat mitigation throughout the development lifecycle, while adopting responsible AI practices and maintaining human oversight.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of investigations including 3+ years onchain illicit activity, cryptocurrency abuse, or blockchain intelligence.
• Deep knowledge of blockchain ecosystems and protocols, including tracing across chains, bridges, mixers, and laundering patterns.
• Proficient with Python or Go and SQL for data analysis, scripting, or tooling development in support of intelligence workflows and automation.
• Track record of creating investigation methods, dashboards, or pipelines that other investigators adopt.
• Proven ability to translate complex technical analysis into clear, actionable intelligence for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive briefings.
• Skilled in conducting OSINT research across a wide range of topics.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own complex onchain investigations into threat actor infrastructure, scam networks, exploits, and related abuse targeting Coinbase and Base.
• Drive clustering and attribution of illicit actors using blockchain analytics, OSINT, and internal data, then operationalize results into Vertex Synapse and downstream controls.
• Build OSINT and onchain analysis pipelines, queries, and dashboards that automate detections and scale investigative capacity across the team.
• Lead post-incident reviews and root cause analyses to identify gaps and recommend enhancements to controls, detection, and overall security posture.
• Partner with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat and abuse mitigation strategies into the product development lifecycle from ideation to launch.
• Lead new investigative techniques, teach them across Security, and brief executives with clear risk, impact, and recommended actions.

Skills

Onchain investigations

Blockchain analytics

Python/Go

SQL

OSINT

Executive briefings

Threat intelligence

Investigations leadership

Tools

Vertex Synapse

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end onchain investigations, cluster illicit activity, and turn findings into actionable detections and blocks. You will build scalable OSINT and onchain pipelines, and lead incident reviews with stakeholders.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat mitigation throughout the development lifecycle, while adopting responsible AI practices and maintaining human oversight.