Engineering Manager - Platform - Developer Experience

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.

The vision of the Developer Experience org within Infrastructure is to make Coinbase the most enjoyable place in the world for developers to rapidly build and ship quality products. We aim to create experiences where velocity and product quality is high, and developers feel a sense of joy using our products and services every single day.

We are looking for a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead a brand new team, the Test Experience team. The team is responsible for developing solutions that enable our engineers to test software throughout the software development lifecycle with the goal of improving our code quality and reducing regression for our users. The team builds testing solutions for a diverse set of products at Coinbase, including but not limited to, web, mobile, and backend services.



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

Build and manage both frontend and backend engineers, to guide the development of features, services, and infrastructure across web, mobile, and backend.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and leadership to understand testing pain points and develop strategy with detailed roadmap. Generate alignment with stakeholders across the company.
Develop testing solutions. Measure its effectiveness and adoption. Actively listen to customer feedback and iterate to improve solutions.
Be a thoughtful technical voice within the team, aiding in diligent architectural decisions and fostering a culture of high-quality code and engineering processes.
Take ownership of the team's processes and services, ensuring SLA adherence.
Work closely with our talent organization to identify and recruit exceptional engineers who align with Coinbase's culture and contribute to our products.
Coach your direct reports to have a positive impact on the organization and support their career growth.


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

At least 7 years of experience in software engineering.
At least 2 years of engineering management experience.
Passionate about high-quality code and effective software engineering processes, landing changes to improve them.
An execution-focused mindset, capable of navigating through ambiguity and delivering results.
Deep customer empathy for the developers as our primary customer stakeholders.
Strong verbal and written communication. Able to articulate vision and influence stakeholders across the company.
Proven experience landing large initiatives, making an impact across the company that changed the status quo.
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.
Coach your direct reports to have a positive impact on the organization and support their career growth.