Coinbase

Engineering Manager, Platform – Data Layer

Coinbase

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $211,650 - $249,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Distributed SystemsGraphQL

About the role

  • Build and manage engineering teams, to guide the development of features, services, and infrastructure.
  • Coach your 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 our vision into a tangible roadmap on a quarterly basis. 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 code and engineering processes. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.
  • At least 2 years of engineering management experience.
  • 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.