Internal Audit Analytics Intern

Coinbase
New York, NY
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with strong SQL and ETL skills working in a data analytics-focused internal audit team. The hybrid work arrangement and quarterly in-person surges suggest a balance between remote flexibility and in-office collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with strong SQL and ETL skills working in a data analytics-focused internal audit team
    — “Write SQL queries against Snowflake and other internal data platforms”
  • Individuals who can translate audit data requests into actionable findings and reports
    — “translating audit data requests into clear, actionable requirements and outputs”
  • Students in quantitative fields who are comfortable with AI tooling and data validation
    — “Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight”

Things to consider

  • Requires availability for quarterly in-person surges in New York, NY
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called 'surges'”
  • Limited to 3 applications within a 6-month period
    — “Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with data validation and control testing in your resume and interview responses
    — “assess control design and operational effectiveness”
  • Demonstrate your ability to present data findings to non-technical audiences clearly
    — “Experience presenting data findings to non-technical audiences”
  • Showcase your SQL skills with specific examples of large dataset analysis
    — “Demonstrated SQL proficiency with experience writing queries and working with large datasets”
  • Emphasize your familiarity with ETL processes and how you've applied them in prior work
    — “Familiarity with data ETL concepts, including how data moves between production systems”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • accurate data extraction and validation
  • effective communication of findings
Typical background
degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics

Skills & requirements

Required

SQLData AnalysisETL ProcessesReporting

Preferred

AI ToolingContinuous Auditing Processes

Stack & domain

SQLData ScienceStatisticsCommunicationProblem SolvingFinance

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

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.

As an Internal Audit Analytics Intern, you'll join the Internal Audit Data Analytics Team and support data-driven testing of controls across Coinbase's global technology infrastructure and crypto-native products. You'll extract, analyze, and validate datasets from Coinbase's internal data systems to assess control design and operational effectiveness, translating audit data requests into SQL-based extracts and actionable findings that support the audit team's control testing objectives.

What you'll do:

Write SQL queries against Snowflake and other internal data platforms to assess the design and operational effectiveness of key internal controls

Building continuous auditing processes and AI tooling for use throughout Internal Audit

Test system and model changes by validating compliance and performance impact, and document results for relevant stakeholders

Produce data extracts and reports from a variety of sources, translating audit data requests into clear, actionable requirements and outputs

Validate data ETL processes from upstream production systems into the data repository and from the repository into enterprise tools, checking for completeness and accuracy at each stage

Required Skills and Experience:

Currently pursuing a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field

Demonstrated SQL proficiency with experience writing queries and working with large datasets through coursework, projects, or prior internships

Familiarity with data ETL concepts, including how data moves between production systems, repositories, and enterprise tools

Experience presenting data findings to non-technical audiences through written reports, presentations, or project deliverables

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

#LI-Hybrid

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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.

Hourly Rate:$50—$50 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Source: Coinbase careers

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