Senior Director of Engineering, Head of Developer Experience
Coinbase
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United States
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About the role
- Mastery of the Fundamentals: The success of our AI strategy depends on an unshakeable foundation. You will modernize and maintain our core systems - CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, source control, and compliance engines - guaranteeing they are robust, secure, and performant enough to support high-velocity automation.
- Architect an AI-First Ecosystem: Deeply embed AI agents into the development loop - automating test generation, refactoring legacy code, proactively detecting bugs, and optimizing performance before code ever hits production.
- Define the AI-Native Engineer: As AI handles more implementation tasks, you will define the changing skills, workflows, and hiring profiles required for the next generation of engineering at Coinbase.
- Platform as a Product: Build and scale a best-in-class Internal Developer Platform that treats internal engineers as customers. The platform must be an enabler of speed, removing friction so engineers can focus on solving crypto’s hardest problems.
- Quality at Speed: Leverage automation to drive high velocity without sacrificing quality. Implement systems where security and reliability are standard, enabling frequent, safe deployments at massive scale. Measure this success for the business.
- Strategic Leadership: Lead and scale a ~100-person organization. You will mentor leaders and foster a culture that balances aggressive innovation with the operational discipline required of a financial institution.
- Executive Impact: Partner with executives to align our AI technical strategy with broader business goals, ensuring Coinbase sets the industry standard for engineering efficiency.
Requirements
- Strategic Vision & Execution: You can envision the long-term future of developer workflows while maintaining the operational discipline to keep current pipelines running smoothly.
- Proven Platform Leadership: Significant experience leading large-scale Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure organizations (100+ engineers) in high-growth environments.
- Technical Authority: Deep technical judgment in engineering fundamentals - CI/CD, public cloud (AWS/GCP), container orchestration, and modern testing methodologies. You understand that advanced AI tools require a stable, rigorously tested underlying architecture.
- Deep AI Conviction & Application: You don't just follow trends; you have a strong thesis on how LLMs and agents will rewrite the SDLC. You have experience or a clear plan for practically applying AI to solve engineering bottlenecks.
- Change Management: Experience guiding large organizations through technical and cultural shifts with empathy and clear communication.
- Product Mindset: You possess deep empathy for developers. You treat the platform as a product, consistently gathering feedback and iterating to reduce friction and improve user satisfaction.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision and 401(k)
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Hard skills
CI/CDtesting frameworkssource controlcompliance enginespublic cloudAWSGCPcontainer orchestrationautomationAI application
Soft skills
strategic visionexecutionleadershipmentoringchange managementempathycommunicationproduct mindsetinnovationoperational discipline