Engineering Manager, Compliance Technology (Platform)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. The Platform Product Group builds trusted, scalable, and compliant foundations used by multiple products and teams. The Coinbase Compliance Technology Team develops globally scalable systems to meet regulatory requirements, including transaction monitoring, sanctions and screening systems, customer risk scoring, and other compliance solutions while maintaining a seamless customer experience.

This role is remote-first but not remote-only: in-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company offsites. Job #: GPEM06US. #LI-Remote

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering efforts across compliance platform teams, balancing multiple engineering-focused initiatives in parallel while maintaining high service quality standards.
• Full-stack development oversight spanning backend services (Golang) to front-end UIs with professional UX for internal compliance use cases.
• Plan, design, develop, and test software systems and cloud-based tools; design scalable systems using modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product and technical vision into quarterly roadmaps.
• Integrate and collaborate with Retail and Institutional product teams to deliver customer benefits while preserving compliance program integrity.
• Debug complex technical problems and improve deployability, operability, and diagnosability of systems.
• Review feature designs across the product area and company for cross-cutting projects; own security, safety, scale, operational integrity, and architectural clarity of designs.
• Build pipelines to integrate with third-party vendors and design event-driven system architectures.
• Create and enforce processes to improve engineering quality, drive AI adoption, and ensure high-impact delivery by team members.
• Maintain a high bar for recruiting engineering talent and contribute to processes that drive engineering quality and meet engineering SLAs.
• Be a thoughtful technical voice, aid in architectural decisions, and foster a culture of high-quality code and engineering processes for multi-tenant distributed systems at scale.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, developing web applications, and shipping user-facing features using TypeScript and modern component-based JS frameworks such as React and Next.js.
• At least 2 years of engineering management experience.
• Hands-on capability when needed: writing/reviewing code, contributing technical documents, participating in on-call rotations and incident response, and triaging/troubleshooting bugs.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services with knowledge of service-oriented architecture.
• Experience with backend systems using Golang, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Postgres, MongoDB, and DynamoDB.
• Familiarity with front-end architecture trends and best practices, including performance, security, and usability.
• Familiarity with product and design lifecycles and collaborative work with designers and product managers.
• Ability to write high-quality, well-tested code and strong written and verbal communication skills with a bias toward open, transparent cultural practices.

Nice to Haves

• Experience building Compliance systems.
• Exposure to Financial Crimes compliance systems (Transaction Monitoring Systems, Enhanced Due Diligence, Screening systems).

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay Range: $193,970 — $228,200 USD (target annual salary; full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits).
• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision plans; Health Savings Account contributions; disability and life insurance; 401(k) with company match; wellness stipend; mobile/internet reimbursement; volunteer time off; fertility counseling and benefits; generous time off/leave policy; and optional payment in digital currency.

Additional Notes

• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate on-chain experience.
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
• Global data privacy and AI disclosure details are provided within the job posting.