Coinbase

Director of Engineering

Coinbase

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $350,200 - $412,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Build, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams.
  • Partner x-functionally to define the vision, roadmap, and strategy.
  • Shape technical direction, architecture, and operational excellence—ensuring scalability and reliability.
  • Drive engineering rigor: set standards, metrics, and processes for quality and delivery.
  • Inspire team culture—promote innovation, ownership, and high standards.
  • Balance strategy and execution across ambiguous, high-stakes initiatives.

Requirements

  • 5+ years managing engineering teams, with experience managing senior leaders.
  • 10+ years architecting, delivering, and scaling software products or services.
  • Track record of forming culture, maintaining velocity, and maintaining operational discipline.
  • Skilled at framing technical trade-offs and translating business needs into engineering outcomes.
  • Comfortable both in guiding hands-on technical work and elevating long-term strategic thinking.