Engineering Manager - Machine Learning Platform

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.
The mission of the Platform Product Group engineers is to build a trusted, scalable and compliant platform to operate with speed, efficiency and quality. Our teams build and maintain the platforms critical to the existence of Coinbase. There are many teams that make up this group which include Product Foundations (i.e. Identity, Payment, Risk, Proofing & Regulatory, Finhub), Machine Learning, Customer Experience, and Infrastructure.
We are looking for an Engineering Manager for the Machine Learning Platform team. The team builds the foundational components for feature engineering and training/serving ML models at Coinbase. Our platform is used to combat fraud, personalize user experiences, and to analyze blockchains. You will get the opportunity to apply your skills across all aspects of building ML at scale, including stream processing, distributed training, and highly available online services.
What you'll be doing (ie. job duties):

• Lead a team of talented engineers to build the next generation of our Machine Learning Platform.
• Form a deep understanding of our Machine Learning Engineers' needs and our current capabilities and gaps.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate our vision into a tangible roadmap on a quarterly basis. Break down complex projects into smaller pieces and lead the iterative design and implementation process.
• Coach your reports on how to build high quality software, and take their skills to the next level.
• Work closely with our talent organization to identify and recruit exceptional engineers who align with Coinbase's culture and contribute to our products.
• Continually raise our engineering standards to maintain high-availability and low-latency on our critical ML systems.
• Collaborate across the industry and be a thought leader in the field of MLOps.

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

• 7+ yrs of industry experience as a Software Engineer, with at least 2 years managing a team of engineers.
• You have a deep understanding of distributed systems.
• You have a great sense of design, and can bring clarity to complex technical requirements.
• You treat other engineers as a customer, and have an obsessive focus on delivering them a seamless experience.
• An execution-focused mindset, capable of navigating through ambiguity and delivering results.
• You have a mastery of the fundamentals, such that you can quickly jump between many varied technologies and still operate at a high level.
• 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.

Nice to Have:

• Experience building ML models and working with ML systems.
• Experience working on a platform team, and building developer tooling.

Job #: GPEM06US-PF
*Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.
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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 target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Pay Range:
$218,025 - $256,500 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.
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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.
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