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Product Security Engineer

Coinbase
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Hybrid (Canada)CA$154kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Offensive Security Engineer on the Application Security team at Coinbase, focusing on AI-augmented offensive security, development of AI-driven security tooling, and collaboration across Vulnerability Management, Offensive Security, and Incident Response.

Responsibilities

  • Build, deploy, and maintain custom security scanners that leverage frontier models to detect vulnerabilities at scale across Coinbase's product surface.
  • Lead red teaming efforts against internal AI systems, including jailbreak testing, prompt injection analysis, and tool abuse simulation.
  • Develop AI-driven automation for vulnerability triage, validation, and remediation workflows to accelerate the bug bounty and vulnerability response pipelines.
  • Partner with engineering teams to prioritize, remediate, and verify fixes for critical vulnerabilities discovered through AI-augmented and manual testing.
  • Mentor junior security engineers on integrating AI into offensive security workflows to scale team capabilities.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in application security, penetration testing, or offensive security with demonstrated ability to build custom security tooling.
  • Hands-on experience using LLMs or frontier models to automate security tasks, scale vulnerability research, or build security scanners.
  • Demonstrated experience red teaming AI-based systems (prompt injection, jailbreak testing, tool abuse).
  • Deep understanding of common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25) and proven track record identifying and exploiting them in production environments.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or similar) with experience writing production-grade security tooling.
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Skills

Required:Application securityAI/LLM utilization for securityRed teaming AI-based systems

Benefits

  • Extended Health Care Benefit - (coordinates with Provincial Coverage)
  • Dental Care
  • Vision Care
  • Consult+ (Virtual Health Care)
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • Disability Coverage
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Wellness Stipend
  • Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
  • Learning and Development Allowance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Generous Time off/Leave Policy
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Coinbase

Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

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