Blockchain Security Engineer

Coinbase is a company focused on increasing economic freedom through blockchain technology. They are seeking a Blockchain Security Engineer to design secure products, perform threat modeling, and lead risk-reduction initiatives within the Decentralized Financial Security Team.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field
• Experience in at least one of: Snowflake, Databricks, Dune
• Experience automating manual processes or carrying out process improvements
• Experience in Blockchain, Exchange, or Decentralized Exchange Security