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One of the largest US crypto exchanges, Coinbase serves individuals and institutions and also offers custody, staking and the Base layer-two blockchain. Its security openings include security platform software engineers, threat intelligence engineers, an offensive security engineer focused on AI, corporate security and product security engineers, an IAM platform engineer, a GRC manager and a compliance threat and risk assessment manager. Remote-first, it lists most of them as remote in the US.

$159k–$235k/yr

Typical pay, live

, CyberJobs.cc shows 12 security openings at Coinbase, and their stated salaries usually fall between $159k and $235k a year (midpoint $186k).

Coinbase security openings

Read 11 Nov 2026, 15:57 UTC

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Working at Coinbase

Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, Coinbase listed on Nasdaq as COIN in 2021 and joined the S&P 500 in 2025. Its security postings state $159k–$235k/yr typically (median $186k/yr).

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12 open roles at Coinbase, confirmed on its careers system 11 Nov 2026.

Employment terms

Remote-first salaried roles with stock in an S&P 500 company.

Locations

Most roles are remote in the US, with remote roles also in Canada, India and Singapore.

Salaries at Coinbase

From its open postings · 11 Nov 2026
$159k–$235k/yrUsual salary band

Midpoint $186k/yr, across 10 postings with a salary range. Stated salaries range from $145k/yr to $299k/yr.

Computed from 10 different pay ranges employers posted, by this employer, each counted as a year's pay (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours). 2 of the 12 open roles in this set give no salary.

Usual band means from the 25th percentile of the midpoints of posted ranges (each counted as yearly pay, a rate per hour at 2,080 hours) to the 90th percentile of their top ends; the board applies that one rule to every list. The methodology explains each salary label.

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What salary does Coinbase offer security staff?

Coinbase's security postings usually state $159k–$235k/yr, centred on $186k/yr, going by the 10 open roles with a salary range. The lowest stated salary is $145k/yr and the highest $299k/yr.

What sort of company is Coinbase?

Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, Coinbase listed on Nasdaq as COIN in 2021 and joined the S&P 500 in 2025.

What is it like to work in security at Coinbase?

Its security postings state $159k–$235k/yr typically (median $186k/yr). As a regulated finance or crypto firm, compliance, fraud-adjacent security and incident response teams stay large.

What kind of employment are Coinbase's security roles?

Remote-first salaried roles with stock in an S&P 500 company.

Where are Coinbase's security jobs based?

Most roles are remote in the US, with remote roles also in Canada, India and Singapore.

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Ripple builds crypto-based cross-border payments, custody and the RLUSD stablecoin; security engineers protect those products and run incident response and AI security.

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Altruist is a custodian and investing platform for independent financial advisors; it is hiring a principal security engineer and a red team application security engineer.

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