Senior Remote Identity Risk & Scam Leader

Coinbase, Inc.; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is looking for a Senior Analyst on the Risk Analytics team to own the identification and mitigation of account takeover and scam risk across the Coinbase ecosystem. You will build defenses that protect users and platform integrity using data to drive risk decisions.

This high‑impact role involves defining risk 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 experience in e-commerce or financial services.
• 2+ years of data analysis using SQL and Python with large databases.
• Experience with BI dashboards and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end risk controls for ATO and scam prevention, scaling coverage as the business grows.
• Define risk success metrics, build dashboards, and drive improvements.
• Use data to assess risk and quantify tradeoffs in large customer segments.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data Science on risk strategies.
• Translate data findings into narratives for senior risk/product leaders.
• Investigate and mitigate fraudulent and scam activities by reviewing alerts.

Skills

Risk analytics

SQL

Python

BI dashboards

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Superset

Job description

Coinbase is looking for a Senior Analyst on the Risk Analytics team to own the identification and mitigation of account takeover and scam risk across the Coinbase ecosystem. You will build defenses that protect users and platform integrity using data to drive risk decisions.

This high‑impact role involves defining risk metrics, shaping prevention strategies, and partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to stay ahead of evolving threats.