Lead Software Engineer - Consumer Products

Posted 2 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Canada
Remote
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
Coinbase is a secure platform that makes it easy to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrency.
The Role
The Lead Software Development Engineer in Test will lead and mentor a team of SDETs, develop testing strategies, and build a robust testing framework at Coinbase. The role involves managing performance evaluations, collaborating cross-functionally, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software through meticulous testing processes.
Summary Generated by Built In

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.

The Consumer Product Group builds the sustainable engines of growth for Coinbase that bring open financial services to 1 billion people with products like Advanced Trading, Staking, and Coinbase One. Consumer product engineers strive to make the Coinbase retail app the easiest-to-use, fastest, and safest experience for everyone across the globe to access and participate in the cryptoeconomy. 

The Consumer Engineering Test Infrastructure team focuses on accelerating the development of high quality products by enabling validation of product behaviors at scale through automated test infrastructure. We are entirely engineering driven, identifying opportunities to enable developers to test high-fidelity production behaviors during development to enable catching and fixing bugs as early in the development cycle as possible. We are seeking an experienced and dynamic lead Software Engineer to join our team, and drive the technical strategy.This role is pivotal in driving automation and establishing a robust testing culture within the broader Consumer organization.
It also offers a unique opportunity to build the team from the ground up.  The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading and mentoring a team of SWEs, and drive business impact in terms of high-quality Consumer products at Coinbase.

Responsibilities: 

Test Strategy and Infrastructure

  • Set the technical strategy and roadmap for test automation
  • Evaluate and introduce automated testing infrastructure and methodologies to improve product quality
  • Oversee the creation and execution of test plans, test cases, and test scripts, to inform  automation opportunities
  • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and streamline the testing process within the development lifecycle

Leadership and stakeholder management

  • Mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
  • Define testing best-practices and drive culture change within product teams to adopt them
  • Partner effectively with stakeholders and align on outcomes
  • Provide regular status updates to stakeholders on testing progress and quality outcomes

Metrics and Insights

  • Ensure thorough coverage across functional, integration, performance, and security testing
  • Understand quality gaps, develop insights and drive best practices for testing, defect tracking and resolution

What we look for in you:

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering shipping large-scale products 
  • You are passionate about development and production excellence
  • You’ve experienced architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
  • You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together

Nice to have:

  • Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Job# GCBET06CA

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Pay Transparency Notice: 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, and vision).

Pay Range:

$211,500$211,500 CAD

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and 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 Know Your Rights notice here.  Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. 

Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.  For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here).

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The Company
3,700 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system.

Why Work With Us

We’ve taken a huge challenge and made it into our mission: To create an open financial system for the world. To achieve this, we are building a team of smart, creative, passionate optimists, the kind of people who see opportunity where others see roadblocks. If this sounds like you, check out our open roles.

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