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.
Coinbase Institutional - Making the Future Real
Without us crypto is just a whitepaper. We make it real. Coinbase Institutional builds cutting-edge platforms that allow thousands of the world’s largest financial institutions to trade custody and participate in the global cryptoeconomy. From launching industry "firsts" to scaling secure infrastructure for hundreds of digital assets we provide the trusted gateways for staking governance and web3. Whether it’s prime brokerage or international markets we are building the scalable tech and seamless UI that empowers the biggest players on the planet to move money forward.
Join us and build the infrastructure for what’s next.
The Prime Onchain Wallet team is looking for a leader to step in and lead a tightly knit group of highly talented and motivated engineers – someone who’s genuinely passionate about paving the way for institutional clients to operate confidently on-chain. This person will set the vision bring clarity and momentum to execution and partner across product engineering compliance and go-to-market to turn complex constraints into simple scalable solutions that institutions can trust.
Onchain is the new Online it will transform the way we exchange value and increase economic freedom by creating new opportunities. Wallet is the new browser and has the opportunity to become a super app. Prime Onchain Wallet is the interface to manage on-chain assets & interact with dapps.
Our team is building the operating system for businesses to operate on-chain. Businesses need the necessary enterprise tooling to operate on-chain and embrace this paradigm shift. Web2 introduced a stack of web apps used by businesses: Salesforce Slack Gmail Accounting software… to facilitate exchange of data & information. They need a new stack of tools to operate on-chain. We are building the only fully integrated solution that makes it simple & secure to get started on-chain.
What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):
- Lead the engineering teams responsible for building the mission critical systems powering institutional products that shape the crypto landscape.
- Collaborate with engineers designers product managers and senior leadership to translate our vision into a tangible roadmap. 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 and operational excellence. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of complex distributed systems at scale.
- Coach your direct reports to have a positive impact on the organization and support their career growth.
- 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 (ie. job requirements):
- At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.
- At least 1 year of engineering management experience.
- 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.
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g. LibreChat Gemini Glean) in daily workflows continuously learn as tools evolve and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency cost and quality.
Nice to haves:
- You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from 10 to 100s of engineers)
- You have experience with Blockchains (such as Bitcoin Ethereum etc.)
- You’ve worked with Golang Ruby Docker Sinatra Rails Postgres
- You’ve built financial high reliability or security systems
- Crypto-forward experience including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses using ENS and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.
Job #: P76176
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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
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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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