Senior Blockchain Security Engineer

at Coinbase

📍 Canada

CAD 191,100-217,900 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

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At Coinbase, the mission is to increase economic freedom globally by building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.

Develop onchain security strategies and perform security assessments and threat modeling of various blockchain protocols.
Lead proactively to identify top onchain security risks and develop mitigation strategies.
Provide expert technical guidance on building new frameworks, analysis tools, and security products.
Establish best practices and collaborate with product and engineering teams to implement them.
Coach and mentor Protocol Security team members to build new skills and be crypto-forward.
Guide Protocol Security towards cutting-edge blockchain security technologies and help set industry standards.

Extensive knowledge of onchain ecosystems including L1 and L2 networks, DeFi protocols, staking, etc.
Expertise in identifying vulnerabilities at the machine, transaction, and business logic levels in smart contracts and protocol infrastructure.
3+ years of smart contract auditing experience with leadership in auditing complex protocols.
Strong energy and self-drive for continuous learning in the fast-changing crypto space.
Passion for mentoring blockchain security engineers and openness to learn 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.