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Security @ 4 Kafka @ 4 Kubernetes @ 4 Memcached @ 4 Ruby @ 6 Terraform @ 4 SQL @ 4 NoSQL @ 4 Distributed Systems @ 4 Leadership @ 4 AWS @ 4 Communication @ 4 gRPC @ 4 MongoDB @ 4 Engineering Management @ 4 GraphQL @ 4 Compliance @ 4 Agile @ 4Details
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system. We seek a candidate passionate about crypto and blockchain technology, eager to solve complex problems in a high-caliber collaborative environment.
Team
The Agent Productivity Tools (APT) organization is part of Coinbase’s Enterprise Applications and Architecture. The mission is to build a unified, secure compliance platform leveraging technology and human expertise to detect and prevent illicit financial activities, enhancing agent productivity and reducing user friction.
Role
This role involves leading engineering efforts to enhance Coinbase’s security, compliance, and cost-efficiency via scalable compliance tools. The Engineering Manager will join an agile, tightly-knit team focused on delivery and continuous learning.
Responsibilities
- Lead customer experience, CX agent experience, and technology to deliver secure, scalable compliance tools.
- Collaborate with vendors to evaluate innovative solutions and make build-vs-buy decisions.
- Build and manage an engineering team, guiding development of product features and infrastructure.
- Coach direct reports and support career growth.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, senior leadership, and cross-org stakeholders.
- Break down complex projects into manageable pieces for iterative development.
- Offer technical guidance and architectural decision support.
- Support talent acquisition and culture expansion.
- Ensure engineering quality and SLA adherence.
- Foster innovation and proactive problem solving.
- Communicate technical themes clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of software engineering experience.
- At least 2 years of engineering management experience.
- Expertise in high-quality code and engineering processes.
- Strong execution focus and ability to manage ambiguity.
- Long-term and short-term planning skills.
- Experience with multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
- Passion for human interface tools and user experience.
- Commitment to an open financial system.
- Strong agile mindset and resource orchestration skills.
- Ability to create order from chaos.
- Experience creating and maintaining infrastructure libraries (e.g., Coinbase Server Framework, rate limiters, memcached/MongoDB clients, circuit breakers, observability).
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CircleCI, BuildKite or similar.
- Experience with at least two of SQL/NoSQL databases, gRPC, GraphQL, Kafka, MQ.
- Proficiency in Ruby or Golang.
Nice to Haves
- Prior experience in fast-paced, high-growth software companies.
- Embodiment of Coinbase values: positive energy, continuous learning, clear communication, efficient execution, inclusivity.
- Offshore resource management experience.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans with generous contributions.
- Health savings account with company contributions.
- Disability and life insurance.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Wellness, mobile/internet, and connections stipends.
- Volunteer time off.
- Fertility counseling and benefits.
- Generous time off/leave policy.
- Option to get paid in digital currency.
The annual salary range is $218,025 to $256,500 USD, plus target bonus, target equity, and benefits.