Coinbase Security Engineer jobs
Remote, crypto-grade security seats with equity-driven pay — fewer of them after the May 2026 cuts.
The Security Engineer (Threat Intelligence / Security Platform) role
Coinbase security engineers protect custody and customer assets: threat intelligence and detection engineering, cryptographic and key-management platforms (MPC, KMS, secrets, certificates), plus cloud, application and offensive-security work on the Web3 side. The open US roles are senior, remote and Go/Python/Rust-heavy, with explicit generative-AI expectations in the postings.
Security is split between a Security & Privacy department (threat intelligence, GRC, CSIRT, privacy) and Engineering – Security, including a Security Platform Engineering group that owns the Tier-0 MPC engine Coinbase says secures 99% of assets under custody; levels run IC3–IC9 on the SWE ladder.
Coinbase security engineer salary
Base: the posted range on Senior Threat Intelligence Engineer (Remote – USA; Greenhouse pay transparency, published Sep 16, 2026), $180,370–$212,200, with base varying by location; Threat Intelligence Platform Engineer (2+ years) posts $144,500–$170,000 and the Senior security-platform SWE reqs $186,065–$218,900. Total comp: levels.fyi Coinbase Security Software Engineer US 25th–75th percentile, $425k–$480k — only five submissions mixing IC5 and IC6, equity at grant value.
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