Senior Onchain Investigator — Remote Threat Intel

Coinbase, Inc.; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 180,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end onchain investigations and develop detections that protect customers and products.

You will cluster illicit wallets, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and translate findings into actionable intelligence for stakeholders. You will lead methodology, build pipelines, and collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat mitigation throughout the development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of investigations including 3+ years investigating onchain illicit activity, cryptocurrency abuse, or blockchain intelligence.
• Ability to lead investigations from collection through stakeholder action.
• Deep knowledge of blockchain ecosystems and protocols.
• Proficient with Python or Go and SQL for data analysis, scripting, or tooling development.

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

Skills

Onchain investigations

Blockchain analytics

Python

SQL

OSINT

Executive briefings

Generative AI usage

Tools

Python

Go

SQL

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end onchain investigations and develop detections that protect customers and products.

You will cluster illicit wallets, fuse OSINT with onchain evidence, and translate findings into actionable intelligence for stakeholders. You will lead methodology, build pipelines, and collaborate with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat mitigation throughout the development lifecycle.