Threat Intelligence Platform Engineer

Coinbase

United States

Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience with threat intelligence platforms and security data pipelines.

Best fit for

Candidates with production experience in threat intelligence platforms and security data pipelines
— “2+ years building and operating threat intelligence platforms or security data pipelines in production environments”
Individuals who have translated cross-functional stakeholder needs into technical solutions
— “Experience translating cross-functional stakeholder needs into technical solutions within a security operations context”
Professionals comfortable with remote-first work and in-person collaboration during surges
— “Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called 'surges.'”

Things to consider

Quarterly in-person 'surges' may require travel despite a remote-first setup
— “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called 'surges.'”
Candidates must be prepared to manage and maintain high-scale intelligence data flows
— “Experience ingesting, modeling, tagging, and lifecycle-managing indicators and related intelligence data at scale”

How to stand out

Highlight your experience with CI/CD and deploying production-quality code in your resume and interview responses
— “deploying production-quality code with CI/CD ownership after ship”
Emphasize your ability to troubleshoot and resolve data quality issues in production systems
— “Track record of troubleshooting and restoring production systems and data quality issues”
Demonstrate your ability to prototype and implement features quickly based on stakeholder needs
— “Rapidly prototype and implement features, fixes, and tooling as required by the team's Intelligence Analysts and stakeholders”
Showcase your experience operationalizing intelligence data into downstream security controls
— “Ship intelligence into downstream controls and data pipelines, including detections, blocklists, data warehouses, and agent workflows”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

Successfully owned and maintained a production threat intelligence platform
Built and maintained intelligence feed integrations
Shipped intelligence into downstream controls and data pipelines

Typical background

2+ years of experience in building and operating threat intelligence platforms or security data pipelinesExperience in deploying production-quality code with CI/CD

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonGoStormCI/CDThreat Intelligence PlatformsSecurity Data PipelinesData ModelingData HygieneCross-functional CollaborationGenerative AI

Preferred

KafkaFlinkBigQuery

Stack & domain

PythonGoStormCI/CDGenerative AICybersecurityThreat IntelligenceSecurity Operations

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

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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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.
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Source: Coinbase careers