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Payment Risk Intern

Coinbase · Hybrid - New York, NY · Hybrid

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About Coinbase

Backed by Battery, Greylock and Y Combinator.

About the role

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.

What they're looking for

  • 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
More about this role

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.

  • Write SQL queries and build dashboards to detect...

Read the full posting on Coinbase's site ↗

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