78 applicants

Company

Coinbase · 18 hours ago

Staff Blockchain Security Engineer

Remote - USA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$212K/yr - $249K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Expand and formalize our Blockchain Security program to evolve towards continuous and ongoing risk assessment for our onchain products.

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 eng 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.

Qualification

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Onchain ecosystemsSmart contract auditingVulnerability identificationL1L2 networksDeFi protocolsTactical planningMentoringRelationship buildingStrategic thinking

Required

You have extensive knowledge of onchain ecosystems, including the inner workings of L1 and L2 networks, DeFi protocols, staking, etc.

You excel in identifying machine-level, transaction-level, and business logic-level vulnerabilities in smart contracts and protocol infrastructure.

You have 5+ years of smart contract auditing experience and have led the audit of several complex protocols.

You have an energy and self-drive for continuous learning as crypto is a constantly and rapidly changing space.

You are passionate about mentoring and growing blockchain security engineers, as well as willing to learn from your team.

You excel in clear, direct, and kind communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You have experience building relationships with security, product, and engineering teams.

You balance long term strategic thinking with short term tactical planning.

Benefits

Target bonus

Target equity

Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Company

Coinbase

Glassdoor

3.7

Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange and cryptocurrency wallet platform that allows users to buy, sell, and store various cryptocurrencies.

Founded in 2012

San Francisco, California, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

http://www.coinbase.com

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