Senior Onchain Investigator — Remote & Impactful

Coinbase, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 180,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end onchain investigations into threat actors targeting Coinbase and the crypto ecosystem.

You will cluster illicit wallets, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and turn findings into detections, blocks, and decisions that protect customers and products. You will lead investigation methodology, collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams, and mentor others in new investigative techniques while briefing executives on

Qualifications

• 5+ years of investigations including 3+ years onchain illicit activity or blockchain intelligence.
• Deep knowledge of blockchain ecosystems, including tracing across chains, bridges, mixers, and laundering patterns.
• Proficient with Python or Go and SQL for data analysis and tooling development.
• Track record of creating investigation methods, dashboards, or pipelines adopted by others.
• Ability to translate complex technical analysis into actionable intelligence for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with OSINT across diverse topics.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to improve workflows.

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 downstream controls.
• Build OSINT and onchain analysis pipelines, queries, and dashboards that automate detections and scale investigative capacity.
• Lead post-incident reviews and root cause analyses to identify gaps and improve controls and security posture.
• Partner with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat mitigation into the product lifecycle from ideation to launch.
• Lead new investigative techniques and brief executives with clear risk, impact, and recommended actions.

Skills

Investigations leadership

Onchain investigations

Blockchain analytics

OSINT

Python/Go & SQL

Incident response

Executive briefings

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end onchain investigations into threat actors targeting Coinbase and the crypto ecosystem.

You will cluster illicit wallets, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and turn findings into detections, blocks, and decisions that protect customers and products. You will lead investigation methodology, collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams, and mentor others in new investigative techniques while briefing executives on