Engineering Manager (Institutional - Derivatives)

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11d•$218,025 - $256,500•Hybrid

About The Position

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 enables the foundations of Coinbase's institutional business supporting thousands of large financial institutions. We enable institutions to custody their digital assets and participate in the crypto economy in a secure and safe way. We take pride in building a scalable & secure crypto platform supporting hundreds of assets and enabling crypto participation with staking, governance and web3 gateways. The team has interesting work on building cutting-edge crypto technologies, scalable infrastructure and UI surfaces across web, mobile and browser extensions in a fast-paced industry with an opportunity to build several new initiatives. The Derivatives - FCM Execution team is responsible for the mission-critical derivatives execution stack, encompassing the Order Management System (OMS), algorithmic trading, and venue connectivity. This platform supports a wide array of assets, including futures, perpetuals, options, and predictions, serving multiple key Coinbase products such as Prime, Retail Simple, Retail Advanced. The candidate will lead the team's growth and scaling, serving as the key liaison with internal stakeholders and external partners/vendors, and drive the expansion of product offerings while rigorously maintaining engineering quality guardrails.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.
At least 1 year of engineering management experience.
An ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term planning.
Experience in creating, delivering, and operating multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
You can be hands-on when needed – whether that’s writing/reviewing code or technical documents, participating in on-call rotations and leading incidents, or triaging/troubleshooting bugs.
Your passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together drives you to excel in this role.

Nice To Haves

Experience in trading
Experience in derivatives (futures, perps, options, prediction markets)

Responsibilities

Lead the engineering teams responsible for building the mission critical systems powering institutional products that shape the crypto landscape.
Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate our vision into a tangible roadmap. Break down complex projects into smaller pieces and lead the iterative design and implementation process.
Be a thoughtful technical voice within the team, aiding in diligent architectural decisions and fostering a culture of high-quality and operational excellence. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of complex, distributed systems at scale.
Coach your direct reports to have a positive impact on the organization and support their career growth.
Work closely with our talent organization to identify and recruit exceptional engineers who align with Coinbase's culture and contribute to our products.
Contribute to and take ownership of processes that drive engineering quality and meet our engineering SLAs.