Prime Financing Trading Analyst

Coinbase
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in institutional finance and a background in trading analytics.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in institutional finance and a background in trading analytics
    — “2+ years of experience in equity or fixed income financing, prime brokerage, or derivatives”
  • Professionals with strong programming skills in Python or SQL for financial modeling
    — “Proficiency in Python, SQL, or similar programming languages applied to trading analytics, pricing models, or data analysis.”

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person working sessions are mandatory despite the remote-first structure
    — “remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions”
  • This role demands a high level of urgency and prioritization in managing client needs
    — “managing competing priorities with urgency”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with repo, securities lending, and margin financing in your resume
    — “knowledge of fiat and crypto funding market fundamentals, including repo, securities lending, and margin financing mechanics”
  • Showcase your ability to optimize net interest margin through position management
    — “optimize net interest margin on principal borrow/lend activity through active position management”
  • Demonstrate your use of generative AI to improve workflow efficiency in your applications
    — “Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs”
  • Emphasize your direct client engagement and solution-building in your interview responses
    — “Engage directly with institutional clients, including hedge funds, ETF issuers, market makers, UHNW individuals, and corporates, to structure financing solutions.”
  • Quantify your impact on internal processes and client onboarding in your resume
    — “Build and refine custom client solutions that improve onboarding, internal processes, and overall client experience.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • manage and grow institutional financing book
  • optimize net interest margin
  • structure bespoke financing solutions
Typical background
financetradingquantitative analysis

Skills & requirements

Required

Equity Or Fixed Income FinancingPrime BrokerageDerivativesPythonSQLFunding Market FundamentalsCommunicationClient Management

Preferred

AI IntegrationRisk Management

Stack & domain

PythonSQLTrading AnalyticsPricing ModelsData AnalysisEquity FinancingFixed Income FinancingDerivativesAIGenerative AICommunicationClient ManagementTeamworkUrgency ManagementFinanceCrypto

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.

As a Prime Financing Trading Analyst on the Institutional Prime Finance team, you'll help manage and grow Coinbase's institutional financing book across lending, margin, and shorting products. This team is building a full-service prime brokerage platform that enables institutions to deploy trading strategies and achieve capital efficiency at scale. You'll trade day-to-day across the financing desk, optimize net interest margin, and work directly with hedge funds, ETF issuers, market makers, and corporates to deliver bespoke financing solutions.

What you'll do:

Trade the financing book daily, managing long and short side liquidity across Prime Financing and CB Institutional products.

Optimize net interest margin on principal borrow/lend activity through active position management and pricing adjustments.

Support asset and client pricing for financing implementation across lending, margin, and shorting products.

Engage directly with institutional clients, including hedge funds, ETF issuers, market makers, UHNW individuals, and corporates, to structure financing solutions.

Build and refine custom client solutions that improve onboarding, internal processes, and overall client experience.

Required Skills and Experience:

2+ years of experience in equity or fixed income financing, prime brokerage, or derivatives at a bank, broker-dealer, or crypto exchange.

Proficiency in Python, SQL, or similar programming languages applied to trading analytics, pricing models, or data analysis.

Demonstrated knowledge of fiat and crypto funding market fundamentals, including repo, securities lending, and margin financing mechanics.

Proven ability to communicate clearly with institutional clients and internal stakeholders while managing competing priorities with urgency.

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

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):$126,990—$149,400 USD

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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Source: Coinbase careers

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