Engineering Manager (Consumer - Coinbase Card)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. We are seeking 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—enabling crypto investors to earn crypto rewards and spend cryptocurrency globally.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage full-stack engineering teams to develop features, services, and infrastructure across web and mobile.
• Coach 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 vision into a quarterly roadmap; break down complex projects and lead iterative design and implementation.
• Serve as a thoughtful technical voice, aiding in architectural decisions and fostering a culture of high-quality code and engineering processes.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure delivery and operation of multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
• Work closely with talent teams to identify and recruit exceptional engineers aligned with Coinbase's culture.
• Contribute to and own processes that drive engineering quality and meet engineering SLAs.
• Be hands-on when needed: write/review code or technical documents, participate in on-call rotations and incident leadership, triage and troubleshoot bugs.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.
• At least 2 years of engineering management experience.
• Experience with Card products and building or operating such a product at scale.
• Strong understanding of high-quality code and effective software engineering processes.
• Execution-focused mindset, able to navigate ambiguity and deliver results.
• Ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term planning.
• Experience creating, delivering, and operating multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
• Willingness and ability to be hands-on: coding, participating in on-call rotations, leading incidents, and troubleshooting production issues.
• Passion for building an open financial system and for crypto/blockchain technology.

Nice to haves

• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Benefits

• Target annual salary (varies by location) plus target bonus, target equity, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
• Medical, dental and vision plans with generous employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account with company contributions.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Wellness, connections, and mobile/internet stipends.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Fertility counseling and benefits.
• Generous time off / leave policy.
• Option to receive pay in digital currency.

Additional details

• Job #: GCEM06US
• #LI-Remote — Coinbase is remote-first but not remote-only; in-person participation is required throughout the year for offsites and collaboration.
• Pay Range: $218,025 — $256,500 USD (target annual salary; full-time offers include bonus, equity, and benefits).
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate onchain experience.