Senior Identity Risk & Scam Analyst

Coinbase, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Analyst on the Risk Analytics team to own the identification and mitigation of account takeover (ATO) and scam risk across the Coinbase ecosystem.

You will build defenses that protect users and platform integrity, driving risk decisions that impact millions of customers. This high-impact role involves defining risk success metrics, shaping prevention strategies, and partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to stay ahead of evolving threats,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on risk analytics experience in ecommerce or financial services.
• At least 2 years focusing on combatting ATO and scams in Fraud, Trust and Safety, or Account Security.
• Proficiency with BI and data visualization tools to build dashboards and reporting.
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics and crypto fraud trends.

Responsibilities

• Own identification and mitigation of ATO and scam risk across Coinbase ecosystem.
• Define risk metrics and prevention strategies with cross-functional teams.
• Own end-to-end risk controls and scaling as business expands.
• Synthesize data findings into narratives for senior leadership.
• Investigate fraudulent activities by reviewing alerts.

Skills

Risk analytics

Data visualization

SQL

Python

Fraud analytics

ATO mitigation

Blockchain analytics

Cross-functional

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Superset

Job description

• As a Senior Analyst on the Risk Analytics team within the Consumer & Business group, you’ll own the identification and mitigation of account takeover (ATO) and scam risk across the Coinbase ecosystem
• You’ll build critical defenses that protect our users and platform integrity, using data to drive risk decisions that impact millions of customers
• This is a high-impact role where you’ll define risk metrics, shape prevention strategies, and partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to stay ahead of evolving threats
• 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

Proven ability to independently scope and deliver analytics projects while collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams6+ years of hands-on risk experience in e-commerce or financial services, with at least 2 years focused on combating ATO and scams in a Fraud, Trust and Safety, or Account Security functionProficiency with business intelligence and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Superset) to build dashboards and reporting frameworksFamiliarity with blockchain analytics and fraud trends within the cryptocurrency ecosystem2+ years of professional experience in data analysis using SQL and Python, including working with large-scale databasesUtilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality