Key skills
Software engineeringDistributed systemsEngineering managementProduction service designmaintenanceLow latency systemsHigh availability systemsMulti-tenanted systemsGenerative AI tools usageTrading platformsBrokerage systemsFinancial productsEquities market structureSettlement systemsTechnical judgmentCross-functional partnershipCoachingteam developmentAIGenerative AIGeminiLeadership
About this role
Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom globally, and they are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team within the Simple Trade division. This role involves building and leading a high-performing engineering team to develop features and infrastructure for Coinbase's retail trading experience, while also ensuring alignment with business goals and driving engineering excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Build and lead a high-performing engineering team, guiding the development of features, services, and infrastructure across web and mobile that power Coinbase's retail trading experience
- Own the technical roadmap for your team's area, driving execution on cross-asset trading systems (crypto and equities), unified account infrastructure, and regulatory integrations — translating product vision into technical delivery
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, and senior leadership to ensure alignment between business goals and engineering priorities, and to drive clarity on the path forward in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
- Coach and develop your direct reports, supporting their career growth and enabling them to have a positive impact on the organization. Set a high bar for talent and partner with Recruiting to hire exceptional engineers
- Drive engineering excellence by making thoughtful architectural decisions, fostering a culture of high-quality code, and ensuring your team meets engineering SLAs for reliability, performance, and operational health
- Be a hands-on technical leader when needed — participating in design reviews, code reviews, and diving deep across the stack to unblock your team and maintain technical credibility
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience building and operating distributed systems at web scale
- 2+ years of engineering management experience, with a track record of building, coaching, and retaining high-performing teams
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining production services that evolve over time — including systems that handle real money, low latency, and high availability
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term execution
- Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with Product and Design, translating ambiguous product goals into clear technical plans
- Experience creating, delivering, and operating multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality
- Experience building trading platforms, brokerage systems, or financial products at scale — ideally in equities, crypto, or multi-asset environments
- Familiarity with equities market structure, settlement systems (T+1/T+2), or brokerage infrastructure
- Experience launching new business lines or products from 0→1 at a public company or high-growth startup