The opportunity
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom.
What you'll do
Own day-to-day clearing, settlement, margin, and position reconciliation: across CDE, including incident management and escalation with Engineering, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and external counterparties.
Lead relationships with external clearinghouses, clearing members, FCM: counterparties, and regulators, ensuring timely resolution of clearing issues and strong institutional partnerships.
Drive the development and continuous improvement of clearing procedures,: controls, and risk frameworks to meet CFTC regulatory standards across listed derivatives, options, and prediction markets.
Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure clearing infrastructure: supports new product launches, including emerging prediction market structures, through operational readiness testing and mock-day exercises.
Build and scale a high-performing clearing operations team, establishing: KPIs, SLAs, workflows, and succession plans that grow with Coinbase.
Support regulatory filings, DCO/FCM governance requirements, and audit: responses as Coinbase's subject matter expert in clearing operations.
What they're looking for
- + years of experience in clearing operations at a CFTC-regulated exchange,: clearinghouse, FCM, or comparable institution, with direct experience at a CFTC-registered DCO, DCM, or FCM in a clearing or post-trade capacity.
- Deep expertise in the full trade lifecycle for CFTC-regulated derivatives:: clearing, settlement, margining, default management, position reconciliation, and delivery across listed futures, options on futures, and prediction markets.
- Proven experience managing relationships with industry clearinghouses and: utilities (e.g., CME Clearing, ICE Clear U.S., OCC) and overseeing clearing member and FCM counterparty obligations.
- Track record of building and leading teams responsible for operationally: critical functions, with demonstrated ability to establish scalable processes, controls, and risk frameworks.
