Role in brief
Coinbase is seeking a Threat Intelligence Platform Engineer to enhance security operations. This role involves managing threat intelligence platforms and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have experience in Python, Go, and operational security data pipelines.
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About the role
At Coinbase, the Threat Intelligence Platform Engineer will be responsible for overseeing the production of the Vertex Synapse instance. This includes ensuring platform health, managing backend operations, and maintaining data hygiene. The role is critical in protecting digital assets through effective threat intelligence management.
The engineer will also build and maintain integrations for intelligence feeds, ensuring that new data sources are usable by stakeholders. Collaboration with Security and Product teams is essential to translate intelligence requirements into actionable solutions, making this position vital for the company's security operations.
The base salary for this position ranges from $82,000 to $138,000, with potential for additional compensation through equity and bonuses.
Skills that matter here
- Python: This role requires software development experience in Python for building and operating threat intelligence platforms.
- Go: Experience in Go is necessary for deploying production-quality code in the security domain.
- Storm: Knowledge of Storm is important for managing data pipelines and integrations.
Who this role suits
- Candidates should have a strong background in security operations and threat intelligence.
- They thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with cross-functional teams.
- A proactive approach to troubleshooting and problem-solving is essential.
- Experience with generative AI and a focus on maintaining oversight in its application is beneficial.
From the employer
- 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.
- 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.
- Base salary range: $82K - $138K.
- Total compensation may include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
Questions about this role
What is the remote policy?
Coinbase operates as a remote-first company, allowing employees to work from anywhere.
What is the salary range for this position?
The salary range for this role is between $82,000 and $138,000.
What skills are required for this role?
Candidates need to have experience in Python, Go, and Storm, along with a background in threat intelligence platforms.
✓ Direct apply: you message the hiring person by email. No ATS.