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Job Summary:

Coin Tracker is a company focused on simplifying cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance. They are seeking a Security Engineer to establish and scale their security foundation, implement security roadmaps, conduct assessments, and embed security practices within engineering workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement the security roadmap:
Identify short-term wins and establish the long-term foundation to scale Coin Tracker’s security posture

• Establish core security foundations:
Conduct a security gap assessment, implement baseline policies and controls, and lead third-party audits (e.g. SOC 2, pen test) to validate and strengthen our posture

• Embed security into engineering workflows:
Introduce secure development practices (e.g. threat modeling, code scanning, secrets management), and partner with teams to proactively identify and mitigate risks in our systems and architecture

• Drive security operations:
Define and operationalize security incident response processes, improve monitoring and detection capabilities, establish ongoing vulnerability management, and lead security postmortems to drive continuous improvements

• As Coin Tracker’s first Security Engineer, you’ll be hands-on in building the infrastructure, processes, and culture needed to protect our systems, data, and users.

• Define and execute the security roadmap, balancing near-term wins with long-term investments across infrastructure, cloud, application security, and security operations

• Conduct a security gap assessments and implement baseline controls, policies, and best practices

• Lead key security initiatives including third-party audits (e.g. SOC 2, penetration testing), security certifications (ISO 27001), incident response readiness, and vulnerability management

• Partner closely with engineering teams to embed security into SDLC — from threat modeling to code scanning to secrets management

• Foster a strong security culture across the company by driving awareness, education, and best practices

Qualifications:

Required:

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering or related technical roles, ideally in fast-paced startup or growth-stage environments

• Deep understanding of core security domains including application security, infrastructure and cloud security, identity and access management, security operations and incident response

• Hands-on experience implementing security measures and working directly with engineering and infrastructure teams

• Experience with security frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, and GDPR

• Experience leading or supporting third-party audits, penetration testing, and internal risk assessments

• Resourceful, pragmatic, and comfortable working in ambiguity — able to move fast while building for the long term

• U.S. citizen and U.S. resident

Preferred:

• Familiarity with the unique risks and threat models in crypto or financial services

• Security certifications such as CISSP and GIAC

Company:

Coin Tracker is the gold standard in cryptocurrency portfolio tracking and tax compliance. Founded in 2017, headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, team size 51-200 employees, currently Growth Stage. Coin Tracker has a track record of offering H1B sponsor ships.

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Industries Software Development

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