Group Product Manager, Core Infra and Reliability

Coinbase
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior product managers with deep cloud infrastructure expertise who thrive in high-stakes financial environments requiring quarterly in-person collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Seasoned infrastructure PMs who've scaled platforms handling billions in transaction volume
    — “systems that underpin hundreds of billions of dollars in annual transaction volume
  • Technical leaders comfortable making build-vs-buy decisions across Kubernetes and multi-cloud stacks
    — “Lead evaluation and adoption of cloud infrastructure technologies (Kubernetes, service mesh, distributed storage)
  • Cross-functional drivers who align engineering, security, and finance priorities
    — “Partner with Engineering, SRE, Security, and Finance to align infrastructure investments

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person sessions required despite remote-first policy
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions
  • Must articulate infrastructure strategy to executive leadership with precision
    — “Proven ability to articulate complex infrastructure strategy to senior and executive leadership

How to stand out

  • Quantify past infrastructure reliability improvements in SLO metrics
    — “defining and tracking platform-level SLOs, capacity planning, failover capabilities
  • Showcase multi-cloud cost optimization case studies with dollar impact
    — “optimize cloud spend, and ensure infrastructure services meet regulatory requirements
  • Highlight experience with regulated financial infrastructure environments
    — “regulated, high-trust environments
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • reliable and scalable infrastructure
  • cost efficiency
  • engineering velocity
Typical background
product managementcloud infrastructureSRE

Skills & requirements

Required

Product ManagementCloud InfrastructureReliabilityMulti-cloud Architecture

Preferred

KubernetesObservabilityInfrastructure-as-code

Stack & domain

Cloud Infrastructure TechnologiesKubernetesService MeshDistributed StorageObservabilityInfrastructure-as-codeCloud InfrastructurePlatform EngineeringInfrastructure ReliabilityMulti-region And Multi-cloud ArchitecturePlatform ReliabilityCloud Spend OptimizationRegulatory And Compliance RequirementsInfrastructure Performance And Cost DynamicsInfrastructure MetricsExecutive-level Investment CasesOwning The Product VisionDriving Infrastructure Reliability And Resilience ProgramsLeading Complex, Cross-functional InitiativesPartnering With EngineeringPartnering With SrePartnering With SecurityPartnering With FinanceShaping How Product And Engineering Teams Consume InfrastructureBuilding Self-serve CapabilitiesDefining Service StandardsReducing OverheadDeepening Understanding Of Infrastructure Performance And Cost Dynamics

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

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 Core Infrastructure team within Coinbase's Platform product group builds the foundational systems that keep Coinbase online, secure, and scalable, owning the compute and networking platforms that power every product and service across the company. As the Group Product Manager for Core Infrastructure & Reliability, you'll own the product vision and multi-year strategy for Coinbase's cloud infrastructure, driving how we design, operate, and scale the systems that underpin hundreds of billions of dollars in annual transaction volume. You'll partner deeply with Engineering, SRE, Security, and Finance to ensure Coinbase's infrastructure is reliable, cost-efficient, and resilient across multiple regions and clouds.

What you’ll do: 

Own the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for Core Infrastructure, spanning compute, networking, multi-region and multi-cloud architecture, and platform reliability.

Drive infrastructure reliability and resilience programs, defining and tracking platform-level SLOs, capacity planning, failover capabilities, and incident reduction targets to ensure Coinbase's systems meet the uptime demands of a global financial platform.

Lead evaluation and adoption of cloud infrastructure technologies (Kubernetes, service mesh, distributed storage, observability, infrastructure-as-code), making informed build-vs.-buy decisions that balance cost, performance, and operational complexity.

Partner with Engineering, SRE, Security, and Finance to align infrastructure investments with business priorities, optimize cloud spend, and ensure infrastructure services meet regulatory and compliance requirements across all operating jurisdictions.

Shape how Coinbase's product and engineering teams consume infrastructure by building self-serve capabilities, defining service standards, and reducing the overhead required for teams to deploy and operate reliable services at scale.

Deepen understanding of infrastructure performance and cost dynamics by analyzing utilization patterns, identifying the highest-leverage optimization opportunities, and translating infrastructure metrics into executive-level investment cases.

Required Skills and Experience:

10+ years of product management experience, with significant experience owning strategy for cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or infrastructure reliability at scale.

Track record of defining and executing multi-year infrastructure platform strategies that delivered measurable improvements in reliability, cost efficiency, or engineering velocity.

Technical depth to engage with engineers on compute, networking, storage, Kubernetes, multi-cloud architecture, and distributed systems design without needing everything explained.

Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across engineering, SRE, security, and finance in regulated, high-trust environments.

Proven ability to articulate complex infrastructure strategy, cost tradeoffs, and long-term platform bets to senior and executive leadership with clarity and precision.

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Position ID: P76485

Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). 

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$243,865—$286,900 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 4 applications per 30-day 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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AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation.  Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.

Source: Coinbase careers

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