Director of Engineering

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom around the world, and we couldn’t do this without hiring the best people. We’re a group of hard-working overachievers who are deeply focused on building the future of finance and Web3 for our users across the globe, whether they’re trading, storing, staking or using crypto. Know those people who always lead the group project? That’s us.

There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for candidates who will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, and disrupt ourselves. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, we seek people who are excited to learn about and live crypto, because those are the folks who enjoy the intense moments in our sprint and recharge work culture. We’re a remote-first company looking to hire the absolute best talent all over the world.

Ready to #LiveCrypto? Who you are:

You’ve got positive energy. You’re optimistic about the future and determined to get there.
You’re never tired of learning. You want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0.
You appreciate direct communication. You’re both an active communicator and an eager listener - because let’s face it, you can’t have one without the other. You’re cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow.
You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. You’re not looking for a boring job.
You have a “can do” attitude. Our teams create high-quality work on quick timelines. Owning a problem doesn’t scare you, but rather empowers you to take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.
You want to be part of a winning team. We’re stronger together, and you’re a person who embraces being pushed out of your comfort zone.

Site Lead and Director of Engineering, India

Coinbase has built the world's leading compliant cryptocurrency platform serving over 30 million accounts in more than 100 countries. With multiple successful products, and our vocal advocacy for blockchain technology, we have played a major part in mainstream awareness and adoption of cryptocurrency. We are proud to offer an entire suite of products that are helping build the cryptoeconomy, and increase economic freedom around the world.

There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we assess whether a candidate demonstrates our values: Clear Communication, Positive Energy, Efficient Execution, and Continuous Learning. Second, we look for signals that a candidate will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, disrupt ourselves, and expect sustained high performance because we play as a championship team. Finally, we seek people with the desire and capacity to build and share expertise in the frontier technologies of crypto and blockchain, in whatever way is most relevant to their role. Read more about our values and culture here.

Coinbase seeks to bring economic freedom to individuals and businesses by building an open financial system for the world. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone, which we’re working to achieve with a suite of products that serve more than 30M customers globally today.

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

In your role as site lead for India, you’ll be instrumental in supporting a cross functional team of engineers, product managers and designers in India. This will include ensuring the team’s productivity and morale remains high through excellent collaboration with teams in other geographies.
In addition, you’ll help build and directly oversee a team of Infrastructure engineers focused on supporting critical components of our Infrastructure stack - Compute, Storage, Networking, and Developer tools.
Perform all aspects of team management to attract, engage, retain, and nurture teams of exceptional engineers (e.g., recruitment, mentoring, training and development, performance evaluation) for the whole site.
Partner with product teams and other cross functional partners to develop overall vision, strategy and roadmap for the systems and products owned by your team. Ensure the plans and results of the India based teams are well understood by partners across Coinbase
Champion engineering and operational excellence, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement.
Establish a solid project framework and excellent development processes.
Drive an excellent customer experience, with both internal stakeholders and external customers
Provide technical and architectural oversight for the development, design, integration, testing, and maintenance of Infrastructure products
Manage technical debt to ensure our development velocity stays high while minimizing production incidents of our operations.

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

10+ years of experience managing engineering teams, including managing engineering managers.
10+ years of work experience architecting, developing, and launching Infrastructure/Platform software at large scale with consumer products
5+ years of experience in hiring/termination and performance management of teams of size 100+.
Strong technical skills and the ability to dive deep into areas to understand problems and drive to solutions
Strong analytical skills and a demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide variety of people.
A service-oriented mindset while driving excellence across the organization.
Strong organizational skills, both for yourself and the team
Business acumen: Understanding how shared services and infrastructure can supercharge Coinbase’s mission and product strategy
The ability to balance business needs, a sense of urgency, conflicting constraints, and shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions in a fast-moving and quickly-growing company.
BS/MS in Computer Science or related field/equivalent practical experience

Nice to haves:

Previous experience developing or managing products built with Go, Python, Ruby, Rails, React and experience with AWS and/or GCP

Job Id : P56238

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