Coinbase · 4 hours ago
Director of Engineering, Custody
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$298K/yr - $350K/yrCoinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world and is seeking a Director of Engineering for their Custody team. The role focuses on establishing and scaling Coinbase Custody into a trusted digital asset storage platform while leading innovation and operational excellence in a regulatory-compliant environment.
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Responsibilities
Secure and Scale Trust: Establish and scale Coinbase Custody into the world’s most trusted and secure institutional digital asset storage and services platform
Institutional Innovation: Define and execute a cohesive roadmap that includes storage, staking, governance, and institutional DeFi integration
Operational Excellence: Lead the transition from a high-security storage solution to a seamless, high-availability financial engine that supports the world’s largest institutional clients
Regulatory Leadership: Ensure the platform remains the gold standard for compliance, meeting rigorous global regulatory requirements (SOC, NYDFS, etc.)
Strategic Architecture: Blend deep security expertise with scalable system design—setting the direction for cold/warm storage architectures while aligning with Product, Legal, and Compliance
Platform Reliability & Security: Maintain 99.99% uptime and zero-security-incident status for the world’s largest crypto-custody platform, ensuring institutional-grade resilience
Market-Leading Feature Delivery: Successfully launch and scale a suite of tier-one features designed for asset issuers, VCs, and hedge funds, and other Institutional customers
Efficiency & Throughput: Improve the efficiency of asset movements and settlement times through automation, state of the art signing key management while maintaining strict security protocols
Scale the Organization: Grow the Custody Engineering team, focusing on hiring security-minded backend engineers and building a robust middle-management layer
Regulatory & Audit Success: Lead the technical execution for successful SOC1/SOC2 audits and state/federal regulatory exams with zero major findings
Qualification
Required
Proven experience leading product engineering teams, ideally Institutional/Enterprise experience
Deep understanding of secure system design
Strong technical background in building highly available, transactional systems
Experience managing 24/7 mission-critical systems where manual intervention is high-risk and automation is essential
Track record of scaling teams and mentoring Senior/Staff Engineers in a fast-paced environment
Ability to translate complex blockchain and security concepts into business risks and opportunities for the executive team and external regulators
Preferred
Deep understanding of blockchain protocols, smart contracts, and the nuances of various consensus mechanisms (PoS vs. PoW)
Experience working within NYDFS, BitLicense, or SEC/FINRA regulated frameworks
Benefits
Bonus eligibility
Equity eligibility
Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Company
Coinbase
Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies.
Founded in 2012
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (181)
2024 (92)
2023 (96)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.45BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementTiger Global ManagementIVP
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M
2024-03-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
Leadership Team
Brian Armstrong
CEO & Co-Founder
Alesia Haas
CFO
Recent News
2026-01-21
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