Remote Fraud Risk Intern - Payments Data & Insights

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly in-person surges

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is looking for a Fraud Risk Intern for a 12-week summer internship based in New York. The Payments Risk Management team will help protect customers across ACH, card, and real-time payment rails while learning to detect fraud signals and improve user experience.

You will write SQL, build dashboards, and partner with product, data science, and engineering teams to test risk strategies, refine rules, and communicate findings to leadership during intense in-person

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

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Technology/Analytics degree (pursuing)

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is looking for a Fraud Risk Intern for a 12-week summer internship based in New York. The Payments Risk Management team will help protect customers across ACH, card, and real-time payment rails while learning to detect fraud signals and improve user experience.

You will write SQL, build dashboards, and partner with product, data science, and engineering teams to test risk strategies, refine rules, and communicate findings to leadership during intense in-person