Security Compliance Senior Analyst

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a candidate who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high-caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Coinbase stores more digital currency than any company in the world, making us a top tier target on the internet. Security is core to our mission and has been a key competitive differentiator for us as we scale worldwide. Essential to scaling is building and running a security compliance program that reflects how we protect the data and assets in our care, to open the doors with customers, regulators, auditors, and other external stakeholders.

Role description

Coinbase is looking for a Security Compliance Senior Analyst to drive second line of defense technology compliance initiatives across our crypto derivatives services and drive risk reduction through “controls by design” and ongoing monitoring. The role focuses on technical control assessments for crypto derivatives (including perpetual swaps, futures, and options), translating regulatory requirements into actionable engineering/business requirements, and partnering with Security, Engineering, and Product teams.

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 areas of weakness and control failures, and recommend risk reduction initiatives within 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, ensuring systems for collateral management, market data, and trade settlement are demonstrably compliant
• Build close relationships with stakeholder teams including Security, Engineering, and Product to advise on technology and security requirements and ensure excellence in control ownership
• Lead incident impact analysis procedures for Consumer products and services
• Provide ongoing reporting to stakeholders and leadership on responsibilities, progress, and escalations
• Identify opportunities to address systemic program challenges, recommend solutions and drive issue resolution
• Develop and maintain comprehensive control and testing requirement documentation and deliver training to owners over control implementation, maintenance and remediation plans
• Develop creative solutions to prove risk mitigation and solve for 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 frameworks such as ISO 27001/5, NIST CSF, SOX, SOC, COBIT
• Strong technical acumen: 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 against strategic priorities and operate in ambiguous environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience drafting/operationalizing project plans across stakeholders, holding teams accountable, and documenting deliverables for varied audiences
• Regulatory familiarity: strong understanding of financial derivatives (futures, options, perpetuals) and core exchange functions (order matching, risk engines, margining, clearing)
• Drive for continuous learning and ability to embrace a steep learning curve
• Excellent organization and project management skills for a fast-moving and demanding environment
• Clear cross-functional communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• BA or BS in a technical field or equivalent experience
• Experience working with MiFiD requirements (listed)

Nice to haves:

• FinTech, TradFi, consulting, business operations technical program management or other customer-facing disciplines
• Strong knowledge of risk/control issues in relation to evolving technology (e.g., crypto, cloud, data lakes, machine learning)
• Certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CISM are a plus
• Demonstrated beginner/intermediate knowledge of crypto/blockchain/web3

Compensation & Additional Info

• Pay Range: €103,600 — €103,600 EUR (target annual salary for this position). Full time offers also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
• Position ID: P72517
• #LI-Remote

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (coverage details listed)
• Life assurance benefit, pension scheme, long term disability
• Bike to Work Scheme, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Travel medical policy for global travelers
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend
• Learning and development allowance, employee assistance program, fertility benefits
• Generous time off / leave policy

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Global data privacy notices and applicant rights information are provided in the original posting.