Security Compliance Senior Analyst

Details

Coinbase is seeking a Security Compliance Senior Analyst to drive second line of defense technology compliance initiatives across crypto derivatives services and reduce risk through controls-by-design and ongoing monitoring. This role works closely with Security, Engineering, Product and other stakeholder teams to translate regulatory requirements into actionable engineering and business requirements, lead technical control assessments, and maintain a strong compliance posture across fast-moving, crypto-native systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical deep-dive control assessments into crypto derivatives products, services and supporting systems (including perpetual swaps, futures, and options) to assess risk and control design, identify weaknesses and control failures, and recommend risk reduction initiatives in a high-frequency, low-latency trading environment.
• Assess SOX, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 implications of crypto derivatives services and evaluate compliance posture against those frameworks and certifications.
• Translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable engineering and business requirements; ensure systems for collateral management, market data, and trade settlement are demonstrably compliant.
• Build relationships with stakeholder teams (Security, Engineering, Product) to advise on technology and security requirements and ensure control ownership.
• Lead incident impact analysis procedures for consumer products and services.
• Provide ongoing metrics and reporting to stakeholders and leadership; communicate progress and escalations.
• Identify systemic program challenges, recommend solutions, and drive issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive control and testing documentation and deliver training to control owners on implementation, maintenance and remediation plans.
• Develop creative solutions to prove risk mitigation and solve complex regulatory problems faced by the crypto industry.
• Maintain awareness of international regulation, emerging threats, forecasts, policies, and benchmarks.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience working in a technical controls or GRC engineering function, or equivalent experience.
• Control domain knowledge and best practices; familiarity with standards and frameworks such as ISO 27001/5, NIST CSF, SOX, SOC, COBIT.
• Strong technical acumen and ability to analyze and map complex, crypto-native technical processes to traditional control objectives (e.g., mapping on-chain collateral movements to SOX controls for financial reporting integrity).
• Ability to manage multiple assessments and strategic priorities; comfortable operating with ambiguity.
• Clear and concise communicator and writer; experience drafting and operationalizing project plans across stakeholders and documenting deliverables for varying seniority levels.
• Regulatory familiarity: strong understanding of financial derivatives (futures, options, perpetuals) and core exchange functions such as order matching, risk engines, margining, and clearing.
• Excellent organization and project management skills; ability to perform effectively in a fast-moving environment.
• Drive for continuous learning and willingness to embrace steep learning curves.
• BA or BS in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with MiFID requirements.

Nice to haves

• FinTech, TradFi, consulting, business operations technical program management or other customer-facing disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of risk/control issues related to evolving technology (crypto, cloud, data lakes, machine learning).
• Certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CISM are a plus (not required).
• Demonstrated beginner/intermediate knowledge of crypto/blockchain/web3.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance, dental insurance, vision/eye care vouchers
• Life assurance benefit, disability/income protection
• Workplace pension scheme, travel medical policy for global travelers
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend
• Learning and development allowance, employee assistance program, fertility benefits
• Generous time off/leave policy

Pay & Other Details

• Pay Range: £107,635—£113,300 GBP (target annual salary). Full-time offers also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits.
• In-person participation is required throughout the year; team and company offsites are held multiple times annually. While many roles are remote-first, Coinbase is not remote-only.
• Position ID: P72517
• #LI-Remote

How to Apply

• Apply via the Coinbase careers link provided in the original listing.