Group Product Manager, Core Infra and Reliability

About the role

This role focuses on defining and executing the product vision and strategy for Coinbase's core infrastructure. This includes compute, networking, multi-region and multi-cloud architecture, and overall platform reliability. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining and tracking platform-level service level objectives (SLOs), managing capacity planning, and implementing failover capabilities to ensure the platform meets its uptime requirements.

A key aspect of this position involves evaluating and integrating new cloud infrastructure technologies, such as Kubernetes, service mesh, distributed storage, and observability tools. This requires making informed decisions on whether to build or buy solutions, balancing cost, performance, and operational complexity. The role also entails collaborating with engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), security, and finance teams to align infrastructure investments with business priorities and ensure compliance.

Success in this role means shaping how product and engineering teams consume infrastructure by developing self-service capabilities and defining service standards. This aims to reduce the overhead for teams deploying and operating reliable services. The Group Product Manager will also analyze utilization patterns, identify optimization opportunities, and translate infrastructure metrics into executive-level investment cases to manage performance and cost dynamics.

The annual base salary for this role ranges from $243,865 to $286,900 USD, with total compensation potentially including equity, bonuses, and benefits.

Skills that matter here

• cloud infrastructure: This role requires owning the product vision and strategy for cloud infrastructure, including multi-region and multi-cloud architectures.
• platform engineering: The position involves significant experience in platform engineering to build foundational systems that ensure Coinbase's online operations.
• infrastructure reliability: A core responsibility is driving reliability and resilience programs, defining SLOs, and reducing incidents to meet uptime demands.
• Kubernetes: The role will lead the evaluation and adoption of cloud infrastructure technologies, including Kubernetes.
• observability: This position involves leading the evaluation and adoption of observability tools within the infrastructure.
• infrastructure-as-code: The role requires leading the evaluation and adoption of infrastructure-as-code practices.

Who this role suits

• A product leader with over a decade of experience specifically in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or reliability at scale.
• Someone with a proven track record of developing and executing multi-year infrastructure strategies that resulted in measurable improvements.
• An individual who possesses deep technical understanding of distributed systems and cloud technologies, enabling effective engagement with engineers.
• A person capable of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives and clearly communicating intricate infrastructure strategies to senior leadership.

From the employer

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.

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.
• Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity:

• Coinbase 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.