Payment Risk Intern

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New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
40-40 Annually
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Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
The Role
Analyze payment fraud data using SQL and dashboards, identify anomalous behavior and risk trends, evaluate fraud controls, and recommend improvements. Present findings to leadership and collaborate with Product, Data Science, Engineering, Customer Experience, and Risk Analytics teams. The intern will also document risk processes and responsibly use generative AI to improve workflow efficiency and quality.
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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027.

Join the Payments Risk Management team as a Fraud Risk Intern based in New York. This team sits at the intersection of payments, product, and security, working to protect Coinbase customers from fraud across critical payment rails like ACH, card, and real-time payments. You'll work alongside risk professionals and product teams to strengthen fraud controls, surface actionable insights from transaction data, and help maintain a seamless user experience while keeping bad actors off the platform.

What you'll do:

  • Write SQL queries and build dashboards to detect anomalous behavior, analyze risk trends, and support ongoing monitoring of payment fraud signals
  • Synthesize data findings into clear narratives and present recommendations to Payments Risk leadership
  • Partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering stakeholders to develop and pressure-test risk management strategies
  • Evaluate existing rules and controls for effectiveness, flagging high false-positive rates and recommending improvements
  • Collaborate with Customer Experience and Risk Analytics teams to implement learnings that improve the user journey without introducing incremental risk
  • Document and improve operational processes and procedures for the risk team

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Currently pursuing a degree or certificate in a technology, finance, or analytics-related discipline, or equivalent experience
  • 1+ years of hands-on SQL experience through coursework, projects, or prior internships
  • Demonstrated ability to translate data into clear, structured recommendations (e.g., class projects, case competitions, or prior work)
  • Familiarity with dashboarding tools such as Tableau, Looker, or similar (coursework or personal projects acceptable)
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Position ID: P78082

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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.
 
Hourly Rate:
$40$40 USD
  • Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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  • Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
  • Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice. US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes.

Skills Required

  • Currently pursuing a degree or certificate in technology, finance, or an analytics-related discipline, or equivalent experience
  • At least 1 year of hands-on SQL experience through coursework, projects, or prior internships
  • Ability to translate data into clear, structured recommendations
  • Familiarity with dashboarding tools such as Tableau, Looker, or similar
  • Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to produce business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

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4,700 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Crypto creates economic freedom by ensuring that people can participate fairly in the economy, and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. We’re updating the century-old financial system by providing a trusted platform that makes it easy for people and institutions to engage with crypto assets, including trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and fast, free global transfers. We also provide critical infrastructure for onchain activity and support builders who share our vision that onchain is the new online. And together with the crypto community, we advocate for responsible rules to make the benefits of crypto available around the world.

Why Work With Us

We have the opportunity to accelerate the pace of innovation in the world by building an open financial system. Our vision is to create more economic freedom in the world, to help people control their own wealth, start companies, have financial privacy, and participate in the global economy. And to get us there, we focus, build and move as a team.

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