Data Protection Engineer

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At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world.

We're seeking a Data Protection Engineer (L4) to help implement and maintain our data protection capabilities, ensuring the Coinbase ecosystem remains resilient against security threats.

You will contribute to our data protection strategy, helping to balance strong security controls with the speed of a decentralized tech environment.

You will focus on automating data protection operations, utilizing tools including LLMs and agentic AI, to build scalable Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions.

You will work with other teams to mitigate risk and ensure compliance with global regulations.

Job Duties:

• Support and expand data loss prevention capabilities to protect Coinbase ecosystem from sophisticated data security incidents
• Support execution of the long term strategy for the Data prevention program to harden security posture against data security threats
• Implement and maintain complex designs/controls across a decentralized tech environment to promote security without impeding the speed of business
• Implement and deploy Data Protection tools and technologies in concert with cross functional teams (ie. endpoint security, information technology, and others)
• Demonstrate operational efficiency across a wide array of DLP Engineering & Operations leveraging LLMs and agentic AI
• Bring an automation first mindset to champion and drive a more streamlined and scalable approach towards DLP operations
• Produce quantitative and qualitative metrics to apprise Data Protection Leadership of programmatic impact and challenges
• Collaborate across Security and Privacy Teams and lead cross functional data protection initiatives
• Collaborate with cross functional teams like engineering, product development, compliance to ensure timely remediation
• Work in concert with risk teams to measure control effectiveness and address changes in laws/regulations globally

Requirements:

• You are an experienced security engineer in the data protection space who can deliver measurable results
• You have the technical acumen to solve operational issues with an engineering solution
• You have direct experience testing, tuning, and implementing data prevention controls across multiple OS stack
• You are comfortable manipulating and orchestrating controls to address multiple operating systems (iOS / Chrome) and decentralized datasets
• You are adept at creating scalable processes, automating where possible, and leveraging ML/AI where feasible to maximize efficiency
• You can be trusted to be discreet and thoughtful while working cross functionally to mitigate risk
• You are actively aware of the insider threat landscape, and understand the legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations of working with sensitive data across a global enterprise
• You have experience working and building Insider Threat technologies (such as Security Information Event Management - SIEM, User Behavioral Analytics - UBA, Data Loss Prevention - DLP) and an understanding of investigations and/or the intelligence cycle
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Other team members ask for your input to communicate clearly and concisely and you are comfortable composing briefs and assessments consumed by leadership
• Business acumen: Proven understanding of business dynamics, goals, and product strategy. Knowledge of how Security fits into Coinbase’s overall business.
• The ability to balance business needs, a sense of urgency, conflicting constraints, and shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions in a fast-moving and quickly-growing company.
• Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human‑in‑the‑loop practices to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

Nice to Haves:

• 3+ years of security engineering experience solving complex security challenges across enterprise-wide DLP Programs
• Solving operational problems leveraging engineering / automation first mindset
• Experience in Web3 and crypto forward organizations or traditional financial institutions

Experience Level: senior Employment Type: full-time Workplace Type: remote Category: Engineering Industry: Technology Salary Range: $144,500-$170,000 USD Required Skills:

• Experienced security engineer
• Data protection
• LLMs
• Agentic AI
• Data Loss Prevention
• Security Information Event Management
• User Behavioral Analytics
• Insider Threat technologies

Preferred Skills:

• Generative AI tools
• Copilots
• LibreChat
• Gemini
• Glean