Engineering Manager (Institutional - Prime, Trade Interfaces)

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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.

The Institutional Product Group engineers create and maintain a suite of products catering to institutional customers of all sizes from Hedge Funds (Coinbase Prime) to experienced individual traders (Coinbase Advanced Trade) and everything in between. Additional Products include Prime - Custody Only, Prime Web3 Wallet, Commerce and Exchange. Whether the customer needs are trading, staking, governance, custody, web3 operations, or API integrations, Coinbase Institutional has them covered.

The Coinbase Prime Trading Interfaces team is at the forefront of our algorithmic trading system; this team specializes in public facing APIs that enable communication directly between our end users and algos. Our system is highly resilient and fault tolerant to provide 99.99% uptime for our users through a number of critical user journeys from placing trades, canceling orders, streaming market data and generating reports.

The system handles streaming and unary requests with millions of requests per day, across a number of endpoints and protocols. Our team works closely with product, engineering and ops to deliver a truly unique experience to our users. The team is obsessed with statistics around our performance and constantly iterates to improve.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 5–6 engineers.
• Establish team mechanisms and norms for effective and efficient execution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on product and operational strategies.
• Coordinate with QA to triage incoming issues.
• Monitor and triage issues with downstream partners.
• Establish operating metrics and ensure they are met.
• Own product surface areas and features including Prime Public APIs, Prime Public FIX, and the Trading Router.

Requirements

• Build and manage full-stack engineering teams to guide development of features, services, and infrastructure across both 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 tangible quarterly roadmap; break down complex projects and lead iterative design and implementation.
• Serve as a thoughtful technical voice, aiding in architectural decisions and fostering 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 organization to identify and recruit engineers aligned with Coinbase culture.
• Contribute to and take ownership of processes that drive engineering quality and meet engineering SLAs.

Nice to haves

• Managing backend-centric / full-stack teams and products.
• Hands-on experience in technical architecture.
• Experience with highly distributed systems built for scale in cloud-centric environments.

Compensation & Additional Info

• Job ID: P72250
• #LI-Remote
• Pay Range: $217,900—$217,900 CAD (target annual salary). Full-time offers also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision).
• Coinbase requires in-person participation during the year (offsites/team events) despite remote-first roles.
• Candidates may submit up to four applications within any 30-day period.

Benefits

• Extended Health Care Benefit (coordinates with Provincial Coverage)
• Dental Care
• Vision Care
• Consult+ (Virtual Health Care)
• Life & Accident Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness Stipend
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
• Connections Stipend
• Learning and Development Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy

Legal & Privacy

• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider applicants with criminal histories consistent with law.
• Global Data Privacy Notice for job candidates and applicants is referenced; candidates agree to processing of their data as part of the application procedure.
• AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting AI tools for initial screening interviews and interview intelligence; pilots will not be used to make employment decisions.

How to Apply

• Apply via the provided application link in the original posting.