Job Description
Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?
At Coinbase our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us every day as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it the future global financial system.
To achieve our mission we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards not away from solving the company’s hardest problems.
Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you there’s no better place to be.
While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration connection and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.
We are looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead the Coinbase Card team within the Consumer Product Group. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of the Coinbase Card product from card management to transaction processing. This Coinbase Card allows crypto investors to earn crypto rewards through their daily spending and provide a seamless way to spend crypto currency globally.
What you’ll be doing:
- Build and manage full-stack engineering teams to guide the development of features services and infrastructure across both web and mobile.
- Coach your direct reports to have a positive impact on the organization and support their career growth.
- Collaborate with engineers designers product managers and senior leadership to translate our vision into a tangible roadmap on a quarterly basis. Break down complex projects into smaller pieces and lead the iterative design and implementation process.
- Be a thoughtful technical voice within the team aiding in diligent architectural decisions and fostering a culture of high-quality code and engineering processes. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of multi-tenanted distributed systems at scale.
- Work closely with our talent organization to identify and recruit exceptional engineers who align with Coinbase's culture and contribute to our products.
- Contribute to and take ownership of processes that drive engineering quality and meet our engineering SLAs.
What we look for in you:
- At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.
- At least 2 years of engineering management experience.
- You have experience with Card products and built or worked on such a product at scale.
- You possess a strong understanding of what constitutes high-quality code and effective software engineering processes creating an environment that fosters these principles.
- An execution-focused mindset capable of navigating through ambiguity and delivering results.
- An ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term planning.
- Experience in creating delivering and operating multi-tenanted distributed systems at scale.
- You can be hands-on when needed – whether that’s writing/reviewing code or technical documents participating in on-call rotations and leading incidents or triaging/troubleshooting bugs.
- Your passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together drives you to excel in this role.
Nice to have:
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills.
- Experience working across all parts of the stack.
- Excited about working in a fast-paced environment.
- Excited and motivated about delivering impact to the business.
- Experience with Card products and payments.
- You’ve built financial high reliability or security systems.
Job #: P71083
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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical dental vision and 401(k)).
Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.
Commitment to Equal OpportunityCoinbase 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 you may view the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law.
Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here).
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AI DisclosureFor select roles Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.
For select roles Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.
The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com
Skills Required
- At least 7 years of experience in software engineering
- At least 2 years of engineering management experience
- Experience with Card products and built or worked on such a product at scale
- Experience creating delivering and operating multi-tenanted distributed systems at scale
- Strong understanding of high-quality code and effective software engineering processes
- Execution-focused mindset; ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver results
- Ability to be hands-on: write/review code participate in on-call rotations lead incidents triage bugs
- Passion for building an open financial system
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills
- Experience working across all parts of the stack
- Experience with card products and payments (additional preference)
- Experience building financial high-reliability or security systems
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Coinbase uses a market-driven pay-for-performance approach to keep pay and bonus plans competitive. Coinbase regularly benchmarks roles against leading technology and fintech companies using external market data and reviews its compensation programs on a recurring basis to ensure salary bonus and equity remain aligned with the broader market and business goals. Annual bonus and equity programs are tied to both company results and individual impact so when Coinbase and its people perform total rewards reflect that performance.
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What We Do
Crypto creates economic freedom by ensuring that people can participate fairly in the economy and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. We’re updating the century-old financial system by providing a trusted platform that makes it easy for people and institutions to engage with crypto assets including trading staking safekeeping spending and fast free global transfers. We also provide critical infrastructure for onchain activity and support builders who share our vision that onchain is the new online. And together with the crypto community we advocate for responsible rules to make the benefits of crypto available around the world.
Why Work With Us
We have the opportunity to accelerate the pace of innovation in the world by building an open financial system. Our vision is to create more economic freedom in the world to help people control their own wealth start companies have financial privacy and participate in the global economy. And to get us there we focus build and move as a team.
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