Senior Onchain Investigator | Remote Threat Intelligence Lead

Coinbase, Inc.; Boise (ID); 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, cluster illicit wallets, and turn findings into detections that protect customers and products.

You will build OSINT and onchain analysis pipelines, design dashboards, and scale investigative capacity across the team. You will lead post-incident reviews, partner with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat mitigation into the development lifecycle, and teach new techniques while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of investigations including 3+ years onchain illicit activity
• Deep knowledge of blockchain ecosystems and protocols
• Proficiency in Python/Go and SQL for data analysis
• Experience building investigation methods, dashboards, or pipelines
• Ability to translate complex analysis into actionable intelligence for executives
• OSINT research experience
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight

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

Investigation leadership

Blockchain analytics

Python/Go & SQL

Dashboard/pipeline creation

Executive briefing & storytelling

OSINT research

Responsible AI usage

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Onchain Investigator to own end-to-end onchain investigations, cluster illicit wallets, and turn findings into detections that protect customers and products.

You will build OSINT and onchain analysis pipelines, design dashboards, and scale investigative capacity across the team. You will lead post-incident reviews, partner with product, engineering, and risk teams to embed threat mitigation into the development lifecycle, and teach new techniques while