Broker Dealer Operations, Associate

Coinbase, Inc.; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 121,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking an Associate, Broker Dealer Operations to join the Coinbase Capital Markets team and help run the daily operational engine behind our U.S. equities brokerage experience.

You will execute core broker-dealer workflows, investigate exceptions, and drive improvements for millions of customers. In this remote-first role, you will reconcile trades, support onboarding and transfers, monitor alerts, and coordinate remediation with Engineering, Product, Trading, CX, Compliance,

Qualifications

• 2+ years in financial services operations or brokerage operations.
• Working knowledge of U.S. equities trade lifecycle concepts.
• Experience investigating data breaks or operational exceptions.
• Ability to follow procedures in a regulated environment and handle exceptions.
• Familiarity with Jira, SQL, and workflow-automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily reconciliations of trades, positions, balances, and cash with Apex records.
• Assist customer account onboarding, maintenance, and exception escalation.
• Process inbound and outbound securities transfers (ACATs) end-to-end.
• Monitor alerts, prioritize issues, and coordinate remediation with cross-functional teams.
• Review corporate action notices and validate post-event allocations.
• Identify recurring failure modes and propose improvements to reduce manual work.

Skills

Financial services operations

U.S. equities lifecycle knowledge

Data break investigation

Regulatory runbook adherence

AI-assisted workflows

Tools

Jira

SQL

Apex Clearing

Job description

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 an Associate, Broker Dealer Operations, you'll join the Coinbase Capital Markets team within Finance and help run the daily operational engine behind our U.S. equities brokerage experience. This team keeps customer accounts, trades, cash, positions, transfers, and corporate actions accurate, controlled, and scalable. You'll execute core broker-dealer workflows, investigate exceptions, and drive improvements that make the operation safer and more efficient for millions of customers.

What you'll do:

• Execute daily trade, position, balance, and cash reconciliations between Coinbase and Apex records, investigating and resolving breaks with full documentation.

• Support customer account onboarding and maintenance workflows, including documentation review, status follow-up, and exception escalation.

• Process inbound and outbound securities transfers (ACATs) end-to-end, from intake review and eligibility checks through submission, tracking, and exception resolution.

• Monitor operational alerts and exception queues, prioritize customer- and risk-impacting issues, and coordinate remediation across Engineering, Product, Trading, CX, Compliance, Finance, and Apex.

• Support corporate action operations by reviewing event notices, monitoring deadlines, validating allocations, and investigating post-event discrepancies.

• Identify recurring failure modes and propose practical improvements to reduce manual work, shorten resolution time, and improve customer outcomes.

Required skills and experience:

• 2+ years in financial services operations, brokerage operations, clearing and settlement, trade support, or a related operational control function.

• Working knowledge of U.S. equities trade lifecycle concepts, including order processing, settlement, positions, cash movements, corporate actions, and account transfers.

• Demonstrated experience investigating data breaks or operational exceptions across multiple systems and driving issues to documented resolution.

• Proven ability to follow documented procedures consistently in a regulated environment while exercising sound judgment on exceptions outside the runbook.

• Familiarity with clearing platforms (e.g., Apex Clearing), Jira, SQL, or workflow-automation tools used in brokerage operations.

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

Position ID: P78331

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*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):

$121,410—$127,800 USD

• *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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