Job Title: Blockchain Security Engineer
About the Role:
We're seeking a highly skilled and passionate Blockchain Security Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our Security Team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the security of our customers' digital assets and protecting against sophisticated threats.
About Coinbase:
Coinbase is a leading global cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service that enables individuals and institutions to buy, sell, store, and use cryptocurrencies. Our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by providing an open financial system for the world.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Identify gaps in our security infrastructure and drive cross-functional efforts to address them.
- Perform security assessments, framework development, and threat modeling of assets, including various blockchain protocols, smart contracts, and other distributed ledger tech.
- Partner with software engineering teams to advise on code and architecture for internal smart contract development.
- Partner with internal tooling teams to drive the roadmap and vision for internal Coinbase blockchain security tools.
- Identify automation opportunities in our tooling and processes, deliver a Proof of Concept, and write detailed technical requirements.
- Investigate impactful changes to the space, blockchain upgrades, and novel innovations such as zero-knowledge proofs and bleeding-edge blockchain protocols.
- Publish blogs and give talks (internal and external) on newfound vulnerabilities, incident investigations, unique integration risks, and related topics.
What We Look For In You:
- Strong understanding of blockchains (particularly EVM chains) and highly