Remote Senior Identity Risk & Scam Analytics Lead

Coinbase, Inc.; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is a remote-first company building the future of finance. As a Senior Analyst in Risk Analytics within the Consumer & Business group, you will own end-to-end risk controls for ATO and scams, using data to drive risk decisions impacting millions of customers.

You will define risk metrics, build dashboards, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to implement defense strategies across the product suite.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on risk experience in e-commerce or financial services.
• 2+ years of professional experience in data analysis using SQL and Python, including working with large-scale databases.
• Proficiency with business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Superset) to build dashboards and reporting frameworks.
• Proven ability to independently scope and deliver analytics projects while collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams.
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics and fraud trends within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end risk controls for ATO and scam prevention, scaling processes to maintain coverage as the business expands into new products and regions.
• Define risk success metrics, build reporting frameworks, and drive continuous improvement by identifying and prioritizing control enhancements.
• Leverage data to assess risk and make decisions impacting large customer segments, measuring and quantifying associated tradeoffs through rigorous analysis.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to develop custom risk management strategies and techniques across the Coinbase product suite.
• Synthesize data findings into clear narratives and recommendations that influence senior risk and product leadership decisions.
• Investigate and mitigate fraudulent and scam activities by reviewing alerts on anomalous customer and transaction behavior.

Skills

Risk analytics experience

SQL

Python

BI tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Blockchain analytics familiarity

Generative AI usage

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Superset

Job description

Coinbase is a remote-first company building the future of finance. As a Senior Analyst in Risk Analytics within the Consumer & Business group, you will own end-to-end risk controls for ATO and scams, using data to drive risk decisions impacting millions of customers.

You will define risk metrics, build dashboards, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to implement defense strategies across the product suite.