This is a 12-week internship during summer 2026.
Coinbase is looking for a highly motivated Credit Risk Intern to support our Credit Risk team. You will help manage complex credit risks across a global client base, in a dynamic digital asset market environment. Working closely with risk professionals and product teams, your responsibilities will include underwriting counterparties, evaluating cryptocurrency asset risks, monitoring and reporting exposures across derivative and financing products, and contributing to thought leadership to deliver lending and trading solutions. This role will be based in New York.
What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):
- Perform diligence and underwrite clients and counterparties, for example hedge funds, asset managers, corporates, market makers, and payment providers.
- Recommend internal credit ratings and risk-based product limits, and prepare written analysis to substantiate your assessment.
- Conduct continuous surveillance of counterparties and products, along with periodic portfolio reviews.
- Analyze asset volatility and liquidity risks on a per-asset and portfolio basis.
- Provide recurring monitoring of client activity, market developments, and portfolio concentrations and clearly communicate trends to leadership.
- Collaborate with stakeholders (product teams, sales teams, operations, legal, etc.) to resolve client or product challenges.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, regulations, and products to continuously expand your knowledge and expertise.
What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):
- Interest in, and basic understanding of, financial and capital markets.
- Collaborative with strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent analytical, quantitative, and investigative skills.
- Exceptional judgment and attention to detail.
- Strong Excel or spreadsheet knowledge.
- Excellent time management and prioritization; enjoy operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Nice to haves:
- Familiarity with analyzing financial statements.
- Fundamentals on financial products and their structure
- Basic knowledge of the crypto economy, or a desire to learn.
