Join Coinbase as a Privacy Analyst to manage privacy risks and enhance customer data safety in a remote-first environment.
Posted by employer 3 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 20 hours ago
What you'll build
- Own end-to-end privacy assessments for new products and features
- Perform regulatory requirement mapping against the privacy common controls framework
- Track privacy requirements and issues throughout the product lifecycle
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams on privacy-by-design principles
- Identify and implement automation and AI-driven process improvements
Must have
- 3+ years in technology risk management with a focus on privacy or security
- Hands-on experience conducting privacy assessments
- Ability to map regulatory requirements to operational controls
- Proven ability to translate privacy legal guidance into functional requirements
- Experience managing a high volume of concurrent assessments
Nice to have
- Familiarity with applying privacy principles to blockchain, onchain, and web3 products
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Privacy Analyst at Coinbase, the individual will conduct comprehensive privacy assessments for new products, collaborating closely with Legal, Product, and Engineering teams to ensure compliance and address privacy risks. Key skills include a strong background in technology risk management, particularly in privacy and security, along with experience in regulatory mapping and remediation. This position is suited for professionals with at least three years of relevant experience who can manage multiple assessments while advising on privacy-by-design principles, especially in the context of blockchain and web3 products.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 2 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 15, 2026. Last confirmed on Coinbase's careers page October 17, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 67% of 123 comparable mid security roles in United States we track (median $130,000 across 48 companies).
- GDPR appears in 2.4% of 210 comparable mid security roles in United States; Blockchain appears in 1.4% of 210 comparable mid security roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Analyst, Privacy (Privacy Assessments) role remote?
- Yes — Coinbase lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $135,320–$159,200 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Analyst, Privacy (Privacy Assessments) role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Blockchain, CCPA, GDPR, PIPEDA, Privacy, Web3.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Analyst, Privacy (Privacy Assessments) role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
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 Privacy Analyst on the Privacy Operations team within Security, you'll play a central role in how Coinbase identifies and manages privacy risk across its products and platforms. This team partners with Legal, Product, and Engineering to perform privacy assessments, manage privacy issues through the product lifecycle, and continuously improve the frameworks and tooling that keep customer data safe. You'll own the execution of complex privacy assessments for new products and features, drive issue remediation, and build scalable processes that embed privacy by design into how Coinbase ships.
What you'll do:
- Own end-to-end privacy assessments for new products and features, synthesizing findings and driving remediation with cross-functional partners across Legal, Product, and Engineering.
- Perform regulatory requirement mapping against the privacy common controls framework and identify where control updates are needed to address evolving obligations.
- Track privacy requirements and issues throughout the product lifecycle, managing escalations and driving timely resolution with business owners.
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams by embedding into roadmap planning processes and advising on privacy-by-design principles for onchain and web3 products.
- Identify and implement automation and AI-driven process improvements to streamline privacy assessments and issue management workflows.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 3+ years in technology risk management with a focus on privacy or security, including hands-on experience conducting privacy assessments (DPIAs/PIAs, data flow reviews, or equivalent).
- Demonstrated ability to map regulatory requirements (GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, ePrivacy) to operational controls and validate remediation efforts.
- Proven ability to translate privacy legal guidance and product specs into functional requirements and actionable remediation plans.
- Experience managing a high volume of concurrent assessments while balancing strategic priorities and stakeholder escalations across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Familiarity with applying privacy principles to blockchain, onchain, and web3 products or willingness to develop this expertise rapidly.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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