Staff Risk Analyst: Real-Time Fraud & Risk Analytics

Unchain Data; United States; Hybrid; USD 194,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Risk Analyst to join the Risk Analytics team, a hands-on role based remotely in the United States. You’ll identify and mitigate account security risk while protecting the platform and user experience.

This role collaborates with product, engineering, and data science to achieve security and trust objectives. The ideal candidate has deep fraud prevention expertise, strong SQL/Python skills, and experience in blockchain analytics, mentoring analysts, and delivering

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on risk experience in e-commerce or financial services.
• 4+ years in preventing account takeover (ATO) and fraud in a Fraud, Trust & Safety, Risk, or Account Security role.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze large datasets and drive investigations.
• Professional experience using SQL and Python.
• Proficiency with business intelligence and data visualization tools (Looker, Tableau).
• Proven ability to independently scope and deliver complex analytics projects while collaborating with cross-functional partners.
• Excellent communication skills with storytelling to stakeholders at all levels.
• Understanding of blockchain analytics and/or fraud trends in crypto ecosystems.
• Experience mentoring junior analysts or providing technical guidance.
• Demonstrates our core cultural values: clarity, positive energy, continuous learning, efficient execution.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis and deep dives on complex risk problems and provide actionable insights.
• Develop and execute strategies to mitigate ATO and other fraud risks.
• Implement real-time fraud defenses using behavioral biometrics, device intelligence, and ML models.
• Collaborate with product, engineering and data science teams to achieve security and trust objectives.
• Develop secure user experiences balancing trust with quick, seamless access for legitimate users.
• Lead incident response during fraud events and organize post-mortem initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Looker

Tableau

Databricks

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Risk Analyst to join the Risk Analytics team, a hands-on role based remotely in the United States. You’ll identify and mitigate account security risk while protecting the platform and user experience.

This role collaborates with product, engineering, and data science to achieve security and trust objectives. The ideal candidate has deep fraud prevention expertise, strong SQL/Python skills, and experience in blockchain analytics, mentoring analysts, and delivering