PRINCIPAL, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

Coinbase Institutional builds cutting-edge platforms that allow thousands of the world’s largest financial institutions to trade, custody, and participate in the global cryptoeconomy. From launching industry "firsts" to scaling secure infrastructure for hundreds of digital assets, we provide the trusted gateways for staking, governance, and web3. Whether it’s prime brokerage or international markets, we are building the scalable tech and seamless UI that empowers the biggest players on the planet to move money forward.

This person will set the vision, bring clarity and momentum to execution, and partner across product, engineering, compliance, and go-to-market to turn complex constraints into simple, scalable solutions that institutions can trust.

Onchain is the new Online, it will transform the way we exchange value and increase economic freedom by creating new opportunities. Wallet is the new browser and has the opportunity to become a super app. Prime Onchain Wallet is the interface to manage on-chain assets & interact with dapps.

Our team is building the operating system for businesses to operate on-chain. Businesses need the necessary enterprise tooling to operate on-chain and embrace this paradigm shift. Web2 introduced a stack of web apps used by businesses: Salesforce, Slack, Gmail, Accounting software… to facilitate exchange of data & information. We are building the only fully integrated solution that makes it simple & secure to get started on-chain.

Lead the engineering teams responsible for building the mission critical systems powering institutional products that shape the crypto landscape.

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.

Contribute to and take ownership of processes that drive engineering quality and meet our engineering SLAs.

At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.

At least 1 year of engineering management experience.

An ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with short-term planning.

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.

Your passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together drives you to excel in this role.

LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

You’ve worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres

You’ve built financial, high reliability or security systems

Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

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Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

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