Threat Intelligence Platform Engineer
At its midpoint, $157k/yr, this role pays less than the $193k/yr midpoint for Threat Intelligence & Security Research openings today (usual band $159k–$278k/yr).
The full posting
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 .
As a Threat Intelligence Platform Engineer on the Threat Intelligence team within Security Operations, you'll own Vertex Synapse in production - the platform that turns adversary intelligence into detections, blocks, and decisions across Coinbase. The TI team protects billions of dollars in digital assets by collecting, modeling, and operationalizing intelligence on the most sophisticated cyber threats targeting the crypto ecosystem. You'll keep the platform healthy, ingest and model new intelligence sources, and ship the automations that weave threat intelligence into the fabric of security operations at Coinbase.
What you'll do
- Own the production Vertex Synapse instance, including platform health, backend operations, cron monitoring, and data hygiene
- Build and maintain intelligence feed integrations, enrichments, and tagging so new sources land modeled and usable by stakeholders
- Ship intelligence into downstream controls and data pipelines, including detections, blocklists, data warehouses, and agent workflows
- Partner across Security and Product to translate intelligence requirements into production capabilities
- Rapidly prototype and implement features, fixes, and tooling as required by the team's Intelligence Analysts and stakeholders
Required Skills and Experience
- 2+ years building and operating threat intelligence platforms or security data pipelines in production environments
- Software development experience in Python, Go, and/or Storm, including deploying production-quality code with CI/CD ownership after ship
- Experience ingesting, modeling, tagging, and lifecycle-managing indicators and related intelligence data at scale
- Track record of troubleshooting and restoring production systems and data quality issues, then driving root-cause fixes to prevent recurrence
- Experience translating cross-functional stakeholder needs into technical solutions within a security operations context
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P78174
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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)
$144,500 - $170,000 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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Where you can work
This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in United States.
Text as Coinbase published it; last compared with the original on 11 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details, CV and LinkedIn, then 11 questions.
- 1.Do you have 2+ years building or maintaining production data pipelines or platform integrations for a security or threat intelligence function?Short answer
- 2.Which of the following best describes how you use AI tools today?Pick one
- 3.Have you written and deployed production code, not only configured a vendor platform?Short answer
- 4.Are you at least 18 years of age?Yes or no
- 5.Have you previously been employed by Coinbase in any capacity?Yes or no
- 6.I understand that Coinbase may use AI tools to assist in the application and interview process.Pick one: Yes
- 7.Are you legally authorized to work in the country where this position is located?Yes or no
- 8.Will you require sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future?Yes or no
- 9.Are you a current government official or were you a government official in the last five years (e.g., employee of a government agency or a government owned/controlled company, holder of public office or a civil service position)?Pick one: No, I am not a current or former Government Official · Yes, I am a current Government Official · Yes, I am a former Government Official
- 10.Are you a close relative of a government official (i.e., child/step-child, spouse/partner, parent/guardian, aunt/uncle, first cousin, in-law)?Yes or no
- 11.To your knowledge, do you or a close relative currently hold a role, have a significant financial interest in, or maintain a close personal relationship with a senior leader at a company connected to Coinbase that could create an actual orYes or no
Taken from Coinbase's application form as it stood on 11 Nov 2026.
The employer: Coinbase
Runs a major US crypto exchange and the Base network; its security staff build security platforms, track threats and test AI systems offensively.
Pay and benefits: Remote-first salaried roles with stock in an S&P 500 company.
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