This is a 12-week internship during summer 2026.
Coinbase is looking for a highly motivated Fraud Risk Intern to support our Payments Risk Management team. You will play a critical role to help identify and prevent fraud on our critical payment rails. Working closely with risk professionals and product teams, your responsibilities will include ensuring that effective controls are in place while maintaining a strong user experience, monitoring and reporting risks, and contributing to thought leadership to prevent fraud.
What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):
- Work with internal stakeholders in Product, Data Science, and Engineering to develop and drive forward custom risk management strategies
- Write SQL and build dashboards to detect anomalous behavior, analyze risk trends, and support monitoring
- Synthesize data learnings into compelling stories and communicate them to Payments Risk leadership
- Partner with consumer product teams to improve the user journey without introducing incremental risk
- Proactively identify rules and controls in place that are ineffective, or that have high false positives
- Partner with Customer Experience and Risk Analytics team to implement learnings
- Document and improve processes and procedures
What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):
- Some proficiency (~1 years) SQL experience
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent analytical and investigative skills, and strong curiosity to uncover trends
- Excellent time management and prioritization; enjoy operating in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
Nice to haves:
- Currently pursuing Bachelor's degree or above, preferably with a background in technology or finance
- Some proficiency (1+ years) in dashboarding tools (Tableau, Looker, etc.) preferred but not required
- Basic knowledge of the crypto economy, or a desire to learn
