Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you're capable of?
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. 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.
To achieve our mission, we're seeking a very specific candidate. 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. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems.
Our is intense and isn't for everyone. 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.
While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.
The Core Infrastructure team at Coinbase builds the foundational systems that keep our products online, secure, and scalable. We own the compute, networking, and storage platforms that power Coinbase applications globally. Our work ensures every product runs reliably, cost-effectively, and with the resiliency required in a highly regulated, always-on financial environment.
As an L5 Product Manager, you will own the roadmap for scalability, resilience, and efficiency of Coinbase's core infrastructure. You will work closely with engineering and SRE teams to evaluate cloud platforms, improve compute and networking systems, and design resilient services that ensure Coinbase's crypto applications run consistently, securely, and at global scale.
*What you'll be doing (ie. job duties):***
* Own the product roadmap for Coinbase's core infrastructure with emphasis on scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency for global workloads.
* Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and infrastructure partners to design compute, networking, and storage systems that operate reliably across multiple regions and clouds.
* Lead evaluation and adoption of infrastructure technologies (compute, networking, storage, observability) to improve performance and maintain uptime during demand spikes.
* Anticipate growth driven by product launches, traffic surges, and global expansion, ensuring infrastructure capacity scales ahead of demand.
* Define and monitor SLAs for uptime, latency, and resiliency, and iterate with engineering to consistently meet or exceed these targets.
* Provide Coinbase teams with reliable, secure, and compliant infrastructure services that accelerate product delivery.
*What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):***
* Ability to translate infrastructure challenges into clear product strategies and measurable outcomes.
* Track record of scaling globally distributed systems and core services to handle large, dynamic workloads with high reliability.
* Skilled collaborator with engineering, SRE, and security partners.
* Familiarity with cloud infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes, service mesh, distributed storage, networking, and observability platforms.
* Comfortable balancing cost, performance, scalability, and compliance requirements in regulated industries.
*Nice to haves:*
* Experience with infrastructure for high-volume, low-latency, and always-on applications.
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*Pay Transparency Notice:* Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility**+ benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Pay Range:
$180,370-$212,200 USD
Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the in certain locations, as required by law.
Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations
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*AI Disclosure*
For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.
For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.
*The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment*. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com