Senior Associate, Broker-Dealer Operations (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 131,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Associate, Broker Dealer Operations to join the Coinbase Capital Markets team. You’ll oversee core broker-dealer workflows, perform reconciliations, and drive enhancements to controls and tooling across multiple teams in a fast-paced, regulatory environment.

You will partner with Engineering, Product, and Trading to deliver scalable solutions, improve automation, and strengthen operational resilience while maintaining accountability for accuracy in U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in financial services operations, broker-dealer operations, clearing and settlement, or related operational control functions in the U.S. equities trade lifecycle.
• Ability to manage complex operational issues across multiple systems, driving investigation, escalation and closure without relying on runbooks for every scenario.
• Proven track record of authoring or improving SOPs, runbooks, controls docs, or audit-support materials in regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience with clearing firm or broker-dealer systems (Apex Clearing, Apex Ascend, or equivalent), plus proficiency in SQL, Jira, and data-quality or workflow-automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own recurring broker-dealer operations workflows across one or more areas, including reconciliations, corporate actions, securities transfers, account maintenance, error processing, and regulatory reporting support.
• Perform daily order, trade, position, balance, and cash reconciliations between Coinbase and Apex records, investigating breaks, documenting root causes, and driving resolution to closure.
• Manage complex exceptions and time-sensitive incidents by coordinating remediation across Apex, Engineering, Product, Trading, CX, Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Risk, prioritizing by customer, financial, and regulatory impact.
• Build and maintain audit-ready documentation, including SOPs, runbooks, control checklists, and process maps, translating operational lessons into durable controls.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define operational requirements, test new functionality, validate launch readiness, and improve tooling, dashboards, and automation.
• Identify systemic failure modes and lead process-improvement initiatives that reduce manual work, improve detection and recovery speed, and strengthen operational resilience.

Skills

Broker-dealer ops

SQL

Apex Clearing

Jira

Data-quality tooling

Workflow automation tooling

Tools

Apex Clearing

Apex Ascend

SQL

Jira

Data-quality tooling

Workflow automation tooling

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Associate, Broker Dealer Operations to join the Coinbase Capital Markets team. You’ll oversee core broker-dealer workflows, perform reconciliations, and drive enhancements to controls and tooling across multiple teams in a fast-paced, regulatory environment.

You will partner with Engineering, Product, and Trading to deliver scalable solutions, improve automation, and strengthen operational resilience while maintaining accountability for accuracy in U.S.