Remote Senior Onchain Investigator: Threat Intelligence

Coinbase, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end investigations into threat actors targeting Coinbase and the crypto ecosystem. You will cluster illicit activity, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and turn findings into detections and blocks while briefing executives on risk and actions.

You will drive analytics pipelines, build dashboards, and collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed mitigation strategies across the development lifecycle.

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

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end investigations into threat actors targeting Coinbase and the crypto ecosystem. You will cluster illicit activity, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and turn findings into detections and blocks while briefing executives on risk and actions.

You will drive analytics pipelines, build dashboards, and collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed mitigation strategies across the development lifecycle.