Director of Engineering, Custody
Coinbase
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Salary
💰 $297,670 - $350,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Establish and scale Coinbase Custody into the world’s most trusted and secure institutional digital asset storage and services platform
- Define and execute a cohesive roadmap that includes storage, staking, governance, and institutional DeFi integration
- Lead the transition from a high-security storage solution to a seamless, high-availability financial engine that supports the world’s largest institutional clients
- Ensure the platform remains the gold standard for compliance, meeting rigorous global regulatory requirements (SOC, NYDFS, etc.)
- Blend deep security expertise with scalable system design—setting the direction for cold/warm storage architectures while aligning with Product, Legal, and Compliance
- Maintain 99.99% uptime and zero-security-incident status for the world’s largest crypto-custody platform, ensuring institutional-grade resilience
- Successfully launch and scale a suite of tier-one features designed for asset issuers, VCs, and hedge funds, and other Institutional customers
- Improve the efficiency of asset movements and settlement times through automation, state of the art signing key management while maintaining strict security protocols
- Grow the Custody Engineering team, focusing on hiring security-minded backend engineers and building a robust middle-management layer
- Lead the technical execution for successful SOC1/SOC2 audits and state/federal regulatory exams with zero major findings
Requirements
- Proven experience leading product engineering teams, ideally Institutional/Enterprise experience
- Deep understanding of secure system design
- Strong technical background in building highly available, transactional systems
- Experience managing 24/7 mission-critical systems where manual intervention is high-risk and automation is essential
- Track record of scaling teams and mentoring Senior/Staff Engineers in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to translate complex blockchain and security concepts into business risks and opportunities for the executive team and external regulators.
Benefits
- bonuses
- equity eligibility
- benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
secure system designhighly available systemstransactional systemsautomationkey managementcold storage architecturewarm storage architecturecompliance auditsSOC1SOC2
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringteam scalingcommunicationstrategic planningproblem-solvingcollaborationrisk assessmentadaptabilityexecutive communication