Security Engineer, Corporate Security
Coinbase is hiring a Security Engineer, Corporate Security for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $152k-$179k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Coinbase.
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- Level rates this cybersecurity role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- The listed pay starts close to the typical cybersecurity posting on Level.
- The posting lists this role as remote.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Cloudflare, Prisma Access and Zscaler.
- Level lists 226 other open roles at Coinbase.
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Secure corporate infrastructure and endpoints while monitoring and closing data exfiltration paths from AI coding assistants.
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
Coinbase Corporate Security (CorpSec) is seeking a Security Engineer to build and maintain security controls that protect corporate infrastructure, user devices, enterprise applications, and network communications. You'll partner closely with IT and engineering teams to identify risks and ship tailored solutions that keep users secure without introducing unnecessary friction, directly protecting Coinbase's most sensitive data and critical assets.
What you'll do:
- Design, implement, and maintain security solutions to harden Coinbase's macOS, Chromebook, and mobile endpoints, focusing on secure configurations, compliance, threat detection, and user experience.
- Perform security reviews on enterprise systems and software that enable user productivity across the corporate environment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to integrate endpoint and SaaS security into broader corporate engineering initiatives.
- Identify and close data exfiltration paths introduced by local AI agents and developer tooling (e.g., coding assistants, LLM harnesses) running on corporate endpoints.
- Provide technical guidance and code review support to engineers on the CorpSec team, raising the security bar across the organization.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in security engineering, with at least 2 years securing macOS or similar user endpoints in an enterprise environment.
- Proven ability to write production code (services, integrations, automations) that supports corporate infrastructure security.
- Experience scoping, prioritizing, and shipping security projects end-to-end with minimal direction in fast-moving environments.
- Familiarity with device trust, zero trust network access, or endpoint communication security products (e.g., Cloudflare, Prisma Access, Zscaler).
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P78687
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Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$152,405—$179,300 USD
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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How we rate this
Security Engineer, Corporate Security at Coinbase rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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