[Remote] Senior Counsel, Security and Technology

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is seeking a passionate candidate to join their Security/Technology Legal team. The role focuses on providing legal guidance related to cybersecurity regulations and ensuring compliance for international operations.

Responsibilities

• Work closely as legal advisor to business executives and the security/technology teams to ensure compliance of US and international operations with applicable e-money / payment services and financial services law and regulation and industry standards within the information technology and cybersecurity spaces
• Provide legal guidance to international operating entities. Includes responsibility for ensuring legal and regulatory compliance in the cybersecurity space of new products and services, inter-company operating arrangements, governance of cross-entity oversight, and proper reporting of security and operational incidents to relevant regulators
• Advise business leads and other key clients of new regulatory and policy trends and developments involving digital currency and cybersecurity/tech governance in key US and international jurisdictions, and help enable Coinbase’s advocacy for effective regulation
• Continuously assess operating risks and legal needs and ensure that the legal department is equipped to provide outstanding support as Coinbase’s international business continues to grow
• Manage outside counsel effectively where they are engaged in connection with specific projects, while establishing your own strong domain expertise

Skills

• Qualified attorney with approximately 6 -10 years experience working in cybersecurity law, preferably within a regulated e-money / payment services or financial services institution (e.g. e-money issuer, payment service firm, broker dealer / asset manager) or in a law firm supporting such clients (ideally with some previous in-house experience)
• Strong familiarity with existing and upcoming cybersecurity regulations
• Ability to manage complex projects involving coordination across multiple time zones, challenging legal issues and tight deadlines
• Ability to work closely with Security to deliver coordinated input to the business and other stakeholders
• Ability to exercise initiative and drive effective internal decision making across complex workstreams to enable Coinbase to meet its long-term goals
• Ability to manage a large and varied workload and exercise excellent judgment, analytical rigour and commercial pragmatism. Must be able to provide crisp and practical legal advice to business executives across a broad range of matters with limited supervision
• Highly driven and proactive. Must be keen to create process and structure and strive for continuous improvement
• Must be flexible, able to multitask, detail-oriented, and enjoy fast paced and high-intensity work
• Exceptional legal writing abilities and skilled at synthesizing the perspectives of various stakeholders
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, growth-stage environment, subject to regulatory scrutiny, operating excellence and Coinbase's demanding standards to operate the world's most trusted digital currency exchange
• Enthusiasm for and a basic understanding of digital currencies/blockchain

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Equity eligibility
• Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Company Overview

• Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.coinbase.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 181 in 2025, 92 in 2024, 96 in 2023, 284 in 2022, 183 in 2021, 66 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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