Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is a remote-first company dedicated to increasing economic freedom. As a Prime Sales Trader, you will grow Coinbase's institutional trading business by delivering top-notch execution and liquidity solutions to sophisticated institutional clients, while building trusted relationships and providing market insights.
Responsibilities
- Drive increased trading volume by understanding clients' liquidity needs, proactively identifying how high-touch and low-touch execution services can meet those needs, and providing real-time support for execution and market color
- Build and maintain trusted counterparty relationships through quality execution, daily market updates on liquidity and flow thematics, and consistent, high-quality service delivery
- Partner with Sales, Financing, and Account Management teams to identify, onboard, and monetize new client relationships, proactively surfacing business opportunities across Coinbase's institutional product suite
- Provide structured feedback from clients and the broader marketplace to institutional Product Managers, guiding new product development across spot trading and financing
- Maintain a real-time pulse on market sentiment, trading activity, and client positioning, keeping relevant internal teams informed to support strategic decision-making
Skills
- 3+ years of sales and/or trading experience in digital assets, FX, equities, credit, or derivatives at a top-tier institution, with direct experience in daily execution and settlement functions
- Strong options trading capability, including pricing, hedging, and risk-managing vanilla and/or exotic structures, with fluency in Greeks, volatility dynamics, and options market microstructure
- Proven ability to build and maintain counterparty relationships with institutional clients, translating market insight into trusted, high-value interactions
- Experience producing institutional-grade market commentary or client communications covering macro, crypto, or digital asset themes
- Weekend availability required - this role operates on a schedule that includes Saturday and Sunday as working days
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
Benefits
- Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k))
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