CoinbaseTeam Lead, Client Platform Engineering
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 work culture 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.
Team/Role
We are looking for an experienced leader to join the Client Platform Engineering team to build and scale our endpoint management tooling. A successful candidate will have demonstrated previous success in similar role(s) in rapidly growing, security-first environments. The right person is passionate about infrastructure as code, open source tooling, automation, and securely managing endpoints at scale. Willingness to be a leader as well as a doer is a must!
What you'll be doing
- Lead and mentor a team of highly talented engineers on a team that combines traditional operations responsibilities and active contributions to the development and deployment of cloud-native endpoint management systems, fostering a DevOps culture that emphasizes collaboration and automation
- Partner across Coinbase to oversee execution of a long-term strategy to meet our security, reliability, and scaling goals including the design, implementation, and maintenance of performant, reliable, and secure system architectures
- Develop team members to have a positive impact on the organization and support their career growth
- Own operational excellence, documentation, delivery, and health across system lifecycle
- Facilitate incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and blameless retrospectives
- Define metrics and bolster monitoring/observability across endpoint management systems
- Work closely with our talent organization to identify and recruit exceptional engineers who align with Coinbase culture tenets
- Raise the bar on AI usage across the team to deliver impacts
What we look for in you
- 5+ years of experience building, iterating upon, and maintaining endpoint management systems
- 5+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure and application development
- Deep domain-knowledge managing client platforms at scale including MacOS, Windows, VDI, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android
- Demonstrated success developing and implementing prominent endpoint management tooling: JAMF, FleetDM, Intune, Munki, SaltStack, AutoPkg, Google Workspace, Santa, etc.
- Experience managing CI/CD workflows, automation frameworks, and managing modern open source tooling such as: Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker
- Fluency in a modern programming language (Golang, Python, etc.)
- Strong experience using and managing AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud environments with IaC
- Ability to balance leadership with hands-on delivery including writing/reviewing code, technical documentation, and participating in on-call rotations
- Clear communication—demonstrate ability to explain technical concepts simply
- Self starter—possess a continuous learning mindset
- Demonstrate critical thinking under pressure
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., 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.
Nice to haves
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment
- Experience leading a team in a fast-paced environment
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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$186,065—$218,900 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 Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.
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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