Senior Engineering Manager (Institutional – Exchange)

Remote from: USA, Canada
Annual salary: Undisclosed
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Department: Product & Operations
Employment type: Full Time,
Job posted: 22 Jul 2025
Apply before: 22 Aug 2025
Experience level: Senior
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The Institutional, Derivatives Exchange team is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a talented and growing engineering team at the forefront of solving industry-leading challenges. This is an exciting opportunity to support and expand our crypto derivatives business, both in the US and internationally, as we grow to become the leading and most trusted crypto platform in the world.

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):

Lead the engineering teams responsible for building the mission critical, submillisecond systems underpinning our Derivatives Exchanges.
Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate our vision into a tangible roadmap. 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 and operational excellence. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of complex, distributed systems at scale.
Coach your direct reports to have a positive impact on the organization and support their career growth.
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.

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

Experience building and operating 24/7 financial trading systems (i.e. Matching Engines, Order Management Systems, Risk Engines, Market Data and Order Gateways), with a strong understanding of how these systems differ from traditional web architectures.
Domain experience with crypto, derivatives or other financial products.
At least 10 years of experience in software engineering.
At least 5 years of engineering management experience, and 2 years of experience managing Managers.
You know what high quality code — and software engineering processes — look like and know how to foster an environment that creates them.
Execution focused with an ability to navigate ambiguity.
Ability to do both long term thinking and short term planning.
Experience architecting complex 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.
You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.

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