Senior Counsel, Product

Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen.

• Build the legal foundation to support Base’s onchain mission and strategy.
• Play a pivotal role in the grants ecosystem by overseeing legal processes related to funding and supporting innovative projects within the Base ecosystem.
• Facilitate the integration of both Coinbase and third party services and products in the Base ecosystem, ensuring they adhere to legal standards and regulatory expectations. This includes conducting due diligence, drafting compliance policies, and providing guidance on risk management related to Base product integration.
• Be a business partner, not just an attorney.
• Provide full product life‑cycle counseling.
• Look around corners and creatively solve problems for the business as they plan, build, and execute on their product roadmap.
• Identify issues that may fall outside your expertise, driving resolution by partnering with other members of the Coinbase legal team and outside counsel.
• Work cross‑departmentally, including with stakeholders such as Compliance, Communications, Finance, Tax, Security, Enterprise Risk Management, Engineering, Data, Analytics, Corporate Development, and members of Coinbase’s leadership team.
• Respond promptly to a wide range of complex legal requests and coordinate closely with Legal department colleagues to ensure the swift delivery of smart, practical advice.
• Operate in a fast paced, demanding environment and pivot quickly to meet leadership’s needs.
• Scale the advice you provide, so that you can do more with less and grow efficiently with the business.

• Currently licensed in a U.S. state. J.D. or equivalent, minimum of 5 years of legal experience.
• Strong, substantive practice and practical experience working in crypto / web3 / defi / protocols / blockchain.
• Financial technology experience preferred but not required.
• Experience counseling product teams in launching consumer or developer‑facing technology products and services.
• Strong interest or experience in digital currency, blockchain technology, and innovative constructs pioneered by decentralized finance.
• Understanding of the legal and regulatory considerations affecting crypto protocols and onchain products, including how decentralized architectures and onchain workflows impact product design and governance.
• Experience with build‑outs to support Anti Money Laundering (AML)/Know‑your‑customer (KYC) requirements, and regulated e‑money and money transmission obligations under banking laws.
• Proven problem‑solving, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent legal judgment with analytic rigor, prudential risk assessment, and a balance of realizable creativity and pragmatism.
• Comfortable with risk‑adjusted thinking, and can understand when interpretive flexibility is.
• Team‑oriented and collaborative, bringing cross‑departmental colleagues to the table, and building your practice to enable your clients to successfully build and launch crypto products at Coinbase.

• Technology/engineering background (Bachelors of science).
• Experience working with protocols, rollups, Layer2s (bitcoin core team, ethereum foundation, polygon, solana, optimism).

Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits:

$224,995—$264,700 USD

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

For US applicants,…