Senior Engineering Manager

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager for a remote role open to applicants in India. It pays INR 9424k-INR 9425k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Coinbase.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Generative AI, engineering management and distributed systems.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 226 other open roles at Coinbase.

AI in this role

Lead a data platform engineering team at Coinbase, building reliable data services and distributed systems with standard generative AI tool usage.

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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

The Data Platform team builds the foundations for storing, moving, managing, and using data at scale—including storage, streaming, data lakes, analytics, and experimentation. As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team developing reliable data services and the privacy and governance capabilities that help teams use data responsibly. What you’ll do

Lead, coach, and grow engineers; support their development and career progression.
Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, and senior leaders to set a clear quarterly roadmap and deliver it iteratively.
Guide technical decisions and promote high-quality code, sound engineering practices, and reliable distributed systems.
Stay close to the work through design and code reviews, incident leadership, on-call participation, and troubleshooting when needed.
Own processes that improve engineering quality and help the team meet its service-level commitments.
Partner with recruiting to attract and hire strong engineers.

Required Skills and Experience:

7+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in data platform or infrastructure, including 2+ years in engineering management.
Experience building, delivering, and operating distributed systems at scale.
Strong engineering judgment and the ability to foster quality, maintainability, and effective development practices.
An execution-focused approach: able to work through ambiguity, balance near-term delivery with long-term planning, and turn complex goals into actionable work.
A hands-on leadership style and willingness to engage in technical work and operational responsibilities.
Experience leading technical change in a large, fast-moving organization.
Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.
Clear communication, ownership, and a strong customer focus.
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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Pay Transparency Notice: 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, and vision).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):₹9,424,000—₹9,424,500 INR

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
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How we rate this

Senior Engineering Manager at Coinbase rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Engineering Manager is an open job at Coinbase.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is INR 9424k-INR 9425k a year.
The role is based in Remote - India and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 8, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Coinbase. Apply on Coinbase

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Engineering ManagementDistributed SystemsData PlatformBlockchainGenerative AI

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