Engineering Manager (Platform - Risk Platform, Payments Risk)

Join Coinbase's Platform Product Group

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.

Job Duties

Develop and execute the multi-year strategy for Payments Risk engineering in collaboration with cross-functional partners, including MLE, MLP and Risk Analysts. Mentor and guide your team members to make meaningful contributions to the organization while fostering their professional growth and career development. Provide technical leadership by supporting your team in making sound architectural decisions and ensuring engineering quality through adherence to SLAs Partner with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate the vision into actionable quarterly roadmaps. Collaborate with the talent team to recruit and hire exceptional engineers who will enhance Coinbase's culture and product offerings. Foster a positive and inclusive team environment aligned with Coinbase's culture, ensuring all team members feel valued and supported.

Job Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in software engineering. At least 2 years of engineering management experience. At least 1 year of experience in Risk, ML and / or Payments domain. You possess a strong understanding of what constitutes high-quality code and effective software engineering processes, creating an environment that fosters these principles. An execution-focused mindset, capable of navigating through ambiguity and delivering results. 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 : You've built financial, high reliability or security systems. You've some exposure to online fraud prevention systems or built them in the past.

Pay Range : $218,025$256,500 USD Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.