Senior Data Protection Engineer
About the role
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.
About This Role
We are looking for a Senior Data Protection Engineer to lead and expand our data protection capabilities, ensuring the Coinbase ecosystem remains resilient against sophisticated security threats. You will be responsible for executing a long-term strategy that balances robust security controls with the speed of a decentralized tech environment. You will leverage an automation-first mindset, utilizing LLMs and agentic AI to build scalable, next-gen Data Loss Prevention operations while collaborating cross-functionally to mitigate risk and ensure global regulatory compliance.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead and expand data loss prevention capabilities to protect Coinbase ecosystem from sophisticated data security incidents
- Execute the long term strategy for the Data prevention program to harden security posture against data security threats
- Evaluate and direct complex designs/controls across a decentralized tech environment to promote security without impeding the speed of business
- Implement and deploy DLP tools and technologies in concert with cross functional teams (ie. endpoint security, information technology, and others)
- Enhance operational efficiency across a wide array of DLP Engineering & Operations leveraging LLMs and agentic AI
- Bring an automation first mindset to champion and drive a more streamlined and scalable approach towards DLP operations
- Produce quantitative and qualitative metrics to apprise Data Protection Leadership of programmatic impact and challenges
Culture
Our culture is intense and demanding. We seek candidates passionate about our mission who believe in the power of crypto and blockchain technology. We value people who are eager to make an impact, who thrive under pressure, and who actively seek feedback to continuously improve. In-person participation is required throughout the year, with team and company-wide offsites held multiple times annually.