Engineering Manager - Platform at Vaco, LLC
San Francisco, CA 94104
About the Job
Engineering Manager - Platform - Developer Experience
Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?
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 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 our existence. 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, 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.
Nice to haves:
- Prior experience leading a Developer Experience/Productivity, Platform, or similar domain team.
- Have previous experience at a fast paced, high growth stage internet/software company
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
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Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.