Engineering Manager

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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.

Responsibilities

• Implement the multi-year strategy for Payments engineering with the technical leadership on your team.
• Coach your direct reports to have a positive impact on the organization and chart a fulfilling career path.
• Be a thoughtful technical voice and support your team in making diligent architectural decisions.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
• Work with our talent organization to source and hire amazing engineers who will expand the Coinbase culture and product.
• Add positive energy in every meeting, and make your coworkers feel included in every interaction.
• Contribute to owning and delivering processes to drive engineering quality and meet our engineering SLAs.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.
• At least 2 years of engineering management experience.
• Strong understanding of what constitutes high-quality code and effective software engineering processes.
• Execution-focused mindset capable of navigating ambiguity and delivering results.
• Ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term planning.
• Experience creating, delivering, and operating multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
• Can be hands-on when needed — writing/reviewing code or technical documents, participating in on-call rotations and leading incidents, or triaging/troubleshooting bugs.
• Passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together.

Nice to haves

• Experience building distributed systems/integrations.
• Experience working in retail, brokerage, or companies similar to Coinbase.
• Experience with big retailers processing payments.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account with company contributions.
• Disability and Life Insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Wellness Stipend.
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement.
• Connections Stipend.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Fertility Counseling and Benefits.
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy.
• Option of getting paid in digital currency.