Senior Blockchain Security Engineer

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

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 very specific candidate. We want someone 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.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

Onchain is the new online. We want to bring 1B+ people onchain in the most secure way possible. We want to provide them secure platforms and tools to build and interact with exciting applications.

Protocol Security ensures the security of all onchain development at Coinbase. We partner closely with product teams to make sure that our users can safely and confidently engage with the onchain world.

Responsibilities

• Develop onchain security strategies and perform security assessments and threat modeling of various blockchain protocols.
• Lead from the front, be proactive and thorough, and identify top onchain security risks and develop strategies to deal with them.
• Provide expert technical guidance to the team in building new frameworks, analysis tools, and security products.
• Lead the way in establishing best practices and engage with product and engineering teams to get them adopted.
• Coach and mentor Protocol Security team members to build new skills and be crypto-forward.
• Guide Protocol Security to the cutting-edge of security technologies for blockchain protocols and help set standards for the rest of the industry to follow.

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of onchain ecosystems, including the inner workings of L1 and L2 networks, DeFi protocols, staking, etc.
• Expertise in identifying machine-level, transaction-level, and business logic-level vulnerabilities in smart contracts and protocol infrastructure.
• 3+ years of smart contract auditing experience and leadership of several complex protocol audits.
• Energy and self-drive for continuous learning in the rapidly changing crypto space.
• Passionate about mentoring and growing blockchain security engineers and open to learning from the team.
• Excellent clear, direct, and kind communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience building relationships with security, product, and engineering teams.
• Ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term tactical planning.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance covered at 100% for employees and dependants
• Dental Insurance covered at 100% for employees and 50% for dependants
• Vision insurance covered at 100% for employees and dependants
• Life Assurance Benefit
• Pension Scheme
• Long Term Disability Benefit
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
• Wellness Stipend
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
• Connections Stipend
• Learning and Development Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy