Engineering Manager (Institutional - Prime, Trade Interfaces)

Details

At Coinbase we seek an experienced engineering manager to lead the Prime Trading Interfaces team within the Institutional Product Group. The team builds and operates public-facing trading APIs and interfaces that power algorithmic trading, order placement/cancellation, market data streaming and reporting for institutional customers (Coinbase Prime, Advanced Trade, custody, wallets, commerce and exchange products). The role expects strong technical leadership, operational ownership, and the ability to collaborate closely with product, design, engineering and ops to deliver resilient, highly available systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of 5–6 engineers, establishing team mechanisms and norms for effective execution.
• Own product surface areas and features including Prime Public APIs, Prime Public FIX, and the Trading Router.
• Coordinate with QA to triage incoming issues and with downstream partners to monitor and triage integration problems.
• Establish and maintain operating metrics and ensure SLAs are met (99.99% uptime expectations for critical journeys).
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on product and operational strategies and translate vision into quarterly roadmaps.
• Be a thoughtful technical voice: participate in architectural decisions, ensure high-quality code and engineering processes, and drive delivery and operation of multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
• Work with recruiting/talent teams to hire and grow exceptional engineers.

Requirements

• Proven experience building and managing full-stack engineering teams (web and mobile) to deliver features, services and infrastructure.
• Strong coaching and people-management skills to support direct reports and drive positive organizational impact.
• Experience breaking down complex projects and leading iterative design and implementation with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated technical judgment in architecture and operation of multi-tenant distributed systems at scale, with a focus on reliability, performance and observability.
• Experience owning production SLAs, monitoring, incident triage and operational processes.
• Ability to work closely with product, engineering and ops to deliver resilient public APIs and trading interfaces.

Nice to haves

• Experience managing backend-centric or full-stack teams/products.
• Hands-on experience in technical architecture.
• Experience with highly distributed systems built for scale in cloud-centric environments.
• Familiarity with algorithmic trading systems, streaming market data and high-throughput request handling.

Compensation

• Pay Range: $218,025 — $256,500 USD (target annual salary; full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity and benefits).

Additional details

• Job ID: GIEM06US
• Remote-first role (#LI-Remote). While many roles are remote-first, in-person participation is required throughout the year (team and company-wide offsites held multiple times annually; attendance expected).

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Health Savings Account with company contributions
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend
• Volunteer time off, fertility counseling and benefits
• Generous time off/leave policy
• Option to receive pay in digital currency

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

• Coinbase is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Candidate data handling is subject to applicable privacy regulations (GDPR/CCPA) and location-specific notices.