Coinbase

Blockchain Security Engineer

Coinbase

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Salary

💰 $152,405 - $179,300 per year

About the role

  • Perform design reviews, threat modeling and code reviews of upcoming features and products.
  • Identify top product risk areas and lead risk-reduction initiatives with cross-functional teams.
  • Improve and/or automate existing processes to increase efficiency, utilizing agentic/AI tooling.
  • Create monitoring solutions to ensure identified risks remain at acceptable levels for Coinbase.
  • Participate in the team on-call rotation to support engineering teams through timely design consultations, vulnerability analysis, bug fix verification, etc.
  • Publish blogs and give talks (internal and external) on newfound vulnerabilities, incident investigations, unique integration risks, and related topics

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of blockchains (particularly EVM chains) and highly “crypto forward”
  • Expertise in blockchain technology and foundational knowledge in security principles
  • 2+ years of threat modeling/design review experience
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical security requirements and risks into terms that anyone can understand.
  • High ownership and drive, including the ability to work independently and unblock yourself.
  • Experience with using AI/agentic tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, GPT Codex, etc.)
  • Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.
Benefits
  • total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
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Hard Skills & Tools
threat modelingdesign reviewblockchain technologysecurity principlesvulnerability analysisbug fix verificationAI toolinggenerative AI toolsagentic toolingmonitoring solutions
Soft Skills
strong communication skillshigh ownershipdriveindependent workcross-functional collaboration