Senior Risk Analyst, Payments Risk Operations
Core
Escalation point for complex payments risk cases (deposits, withdrawals, trading) involving high-dollar losses and suspected fraud rings, making final decisions and driving rule/model improvements.
Role type
Senior IC payments risk analyst (fraud operations)
Builds
Risk rules, models, and policies for Coinbase's payment rails
Domain
Fintech / Crypto payments / Fraud detection
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Payments risk expertise, fraud investigation, ACH/cards/wires/crypto rails knowledge, SQL, blockchain analytics, generative AI oversight, stakeholder communication
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
SQL, blockchain analytics tools, generative AI
Responsibilities
Own escalations for high-impact risk cases, lead response to emerging fraud patterns, maintain expert knowledge of review workflows and SOPs, drive rule and model performance measurement, present findings to leadership and coach analysts
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC