Remote Senior Onchain Investigator, Threat Intelligence

Showcify, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Equity and bonus eligibility

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator within Security Operations to own end-to-end onchain investigations into threat actors targeting the crypto ecosystem. You will cluster illicit wallets, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and turn findings into detections and actions that protect customers and products.

You will lead investigation methodology for the team, partnering with product, engineering, and risk, and mentor others while delivering clear risk assessments to executives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of investigations including 3+ years investigating onchain illicit activity 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.
• Ability to translate complex technical analysis into clear, actionable intelligence for technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives.
• Skilled in conducting open-source intelligence (OSINT) research across a wide range of topics.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, with 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.
• 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 and detection.
• Partner with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat and abuse mitigation strategies into the product development lifecycle.
• Lead new investigative techniques, teach them across Security, and brief executives with clear risk, impact, and recommended actions.

Skills

Onchain investigations

Blockchain analytics

OSINT research

Python/Go scripting

SQL data analysis

Executive storytelling

Tools

Vertex Synapse

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator within Security Operations to own end-to-end onchain investigations into threat actors targeting the crypto ecosystem. You will cluster illicit wallets, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and turn findings into detections and actions that protect customers and products.

You will lead investigation methodology for the team, partnering with product, engineering, and risk, and mentor others while delivering clear risk assessments to executives.