Remote Senior Associate, Derivatives Operations

Coinbase, Inc.; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is hiring a Senior Associate, FCM to support US Futures, Prediction Markets, and Options. You will own exception management and drive readiness for new product launches, ensuring our derivatives infrastructure scales reliably with regulatory expectations.

You'll collaborate with Product, Risk, Compliance, Accounting, and Engineering to design scalable processes, controls, and reporting, and establish monitoring frameworks, driving post-launch improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in financial services or fintech operations with FCM, broker-dealer, or listed derivatives experience.
• Analytical problem-solving in exception-based operations with strong prioritization and escalation.
• Product launch and operational readiness experience including UAT, playbooks, and go-live support.
• Cross-functional partnering with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Compliance in fast-paced environments.
• Interest in blockchain/cryptocurrency markets and responsible use of AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own exception management across cash, positions, trades, and margin, including triage, investigation, resolution, and durable fixes.
• Lead operational readiness for new product launches, covering UAT/test case design, playbooks, cutover plans, and post-launch stabilization.
• Partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, Accounting, and Engineering to design scalable processes, controls, and reporting.
• Establish monitoring and exception reporting frameworks (SLAs, KPIs, dashboards) and run incident triage with clear escalation paths.
• Drive root cause analysis and post-mortems, translating learnings into product and process improvements.
• Identify and implement automation and tooling to reduce operational friction and manual work.

Skills

Financial services

Fintech operations

Trade operations

Analytical problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is hiring a Senior Associate, FCM to support US Futures, Prediction Markets, and Options. You will own exception management and drive readiness for new product launches, ensuring our derivatives infrastructure scales reliably with regulatory expectations.

You'll collaborate with Product, Risk, Compliance, Accounting, and Engineering to design scalable processes, controls, and reporting, and establish monitoring frameworks, driving post-launch improvements.