Payments Risk Analyst II

Coinbase

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$135,320–$159,200 / yr
Posted
7 days ago

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Similar $153k
This role $147k
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This role pays less than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $121,452–$184,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $147k versus about $153k for comparable roles.

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About Coinbase

Coinbase Global is a publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform where consumers can buy, sell, and store digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. Industry: Cryptocurrency Exchange & Financial Technology

Coinbase currently has 34 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $186,065–$218,900 across 29 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Payments Risk Analyst II

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As a Payments Risk Analyst on Coinbase's Risk & Fraud team, you will be responsible for identifying and mitigating fraud risk across the company’s fiat payment systems to protect both customers and the business. Your day-to-day tasks include scaling fraud prevention processes, implementing targeting logic against fraudulent activities, conducting quantitative analysis of fraud performance, and partnering with cross-functional teams to develop custom risk management strategies. You will also execute investigations into suspicious customer behavior and close monitoring gaps before they result in losses. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in payments fraud prevention, strong SQL skills for querying large datasets, knowledge of ACH payment processing, and the ability to measure financial impacts of fraud decisions. Familiarity with machine learning models used in fraud detection is a plus, as well as an understanding of blockchain analytics within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Skills

SQL Python Kubernetes Terraform AWS CI/CD Prometheus Grafana NACHA rules machine learning models blockchain analytics

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end risk controls for ACH payments to prevent fraud.
  • Implement targeting logic against bad actors and high-risk behavior.
  • Conduct quantitative analysis of fraud performance and measure financial impact.
  • Develop custom risk management strategies with cross-functional teams.
  • Execute investigations into anomalous customer and transaction behavior.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years experience in risk, fraud, or payments operations with a focus on payments fraud prevention.
  • 2+ years hands-on SQL experience for querying and analyzing large datasets independently.
  • Demonstrated ability to implement and tune risk controls using identity-provider data and fraud-detection tools.
  • Strong knowledge of ACH payment processing and NACHA rules.
  • Proven skill in measuring financial impact of fraud decisions and communicating findings to leadership.
  • Experience responsibly integrating generative AI tools into daily workflows for efficiency improvements.

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