Staff Blockchain Security Architect

## What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties): Identify gaps in our security infrastructure and drive cross-function 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 detail 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 (ie. job requirements): Strong understanding of blockchains (particularly EVM chains) and highly “crypto forward”. Extensive experience in architecture and threat modeling of security-critical backend crypto systems. Familiar with the threat model of a crypto custodian, including common vulnerabilities and pitfalls for systems that custody cryptocurrency. Familiar with all the fundamentals of onchain activity – blockchain explorers, funds tracing, bridging, DEXs, NFTs, smart contracts. Familiar with recent innovations such as restaking and the various EIPs currently being considered. Apply tot his job