Head of Design (Coinbase Developer Platform)

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.

About Coinbase Design We are a tight-knit team of designers and researchers. We value low-ego collaboration and balancing rigorous product thinking with thoughtfully crafted experiences. As a close partner to Product and Engineering, Coinbase Design team plays a critical role in executing on the company vision. We take on hard user experience problems to deliver delightful and easy-to-use products from very complex technical challenges. You will help design our flagship products for the largest user base in crypto and define user experiences for entirely new features that the ecosystem has not seen before.

Role Overview You will lead the design team for the Coinbase Developer Platform. Our vision is to be the best onchain developer platform allowing millions of developers to easily and securely build blockchain applications, and serve them to billions of users. Our customers range from financial institutions joining crypto for the first time to onchain native startups building the next world-changing app. Whether you want wallets, blockspace, data infrastructure, or testing resources, we provide them all, all backed by the same infrastructure that powers Coinbase. We're a small team and move at the pace of a startup.

What you'll be doing

Lead and manage a team of 3-5 Product Designers building great developer experiences

Proactively identify blockers, opportunities, and improvements to the team's product area

Be involved in all decision-making at all project phases for your product area (including planning, strategic, tactical, QA, analysis, decision, shipping, and retro)

Collaborate cross-functionally to drive and shape product vision and strategy

Direct the allocation of resources for the team in the current and following quarter

Help others grow, including mentoring other designers

Design working processes for your team

Organize and document multiple projects and the team’s work in writing

What we look for in you

3+ years of professional experience leading a team of designers

Experience designing for developers (e.g., developer tools)

Experience recruiting and managing designers focused on developer audiences

Strong mentorship and technical skills

Experience setting creative direction for consumer-facing products for web and mobile

Excellence in UX thinking, visual design, and written communication

Experience working in a collaborative environment with other designers, engineers, user researchers, and product teams

Fluency in Figma and prototyping tools

Experience driving user research studies

You are low ego, collaborative, and open-minded

You love transforming complexity into simplicity, and creating order from uncertainty

Passion for crypto

Nice to haves

Familiarity with the web3 ecosystem

Technical degree (Computer science or computer engineering)

Previous programming experience

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

ID: GDPDM07US

*Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience

Pay Range: $243,865 - $286,900 USD

Coinbase is committed to diversity and equal opportunity in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.

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