Prime Sales Trader

Coinbase Careers Page • $157K — $185K *

US-AnywhereRemote in United States

Finance & Insurance

Less than 5 years of experience

3 weeks ago

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Qualifications

3+ years of experience in sales and/or trading in digital assets or related financial instruments at a leading institution.
Strong options trading skills, including pricing, hedging, and risk management for vanilla and/or exotic structures.
Ability to foster and manage relationships with institutional clients, providing market insights effectively.
Experience producing high-quality market commentary or communications relevant to macroeconomic or digital asset themes.
Weekend availability is required for this role, operating on a schedule that includes Saturdays and Sundays.
Proficient use of generative AI in trading processes, ensuring responsible oversight and enhancing workflow.

Responsibilities

Drive trading volume by understanding and meeting clients' liquidity needs through tailored execution services.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with counterparties by providing quality execution and consistent updates on market conditions.
Collaborate with Sales, Financing, and Account Management teams to onboard new clients and capture business opportunities.
Provide structured feedback to Product Managers about client needs, influencing product development in trading and financing.
Maintain awareness of market sentiment and trading dynamics to inform internal strategic decisions.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
401(k) plan available to support retirement savings.
Equity and bonus eligibility as part of total compensation package.

Full Job Description

As a Prime Sales Trader on the Institutional Prime Trading team, you'll help grow one of Coinbase's most strategically important businesses by delivering best-in-class execution and liquidity solutions to the world's most sophisticated institutional clients. Our clients include asset managers, hedge funds, VCs, family offices, pensions, and endowments across both crypto-native and traditional finance. You'll drive trading volume, deepen counterparty relationships, and shape how institutional clients experience Coinbase's execution services across spot and derivatives markets.

What you'll do:

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.

Required Skills and Experience:

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.

PID: P77366

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):

$157,590-$185,400 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 4 applications per 30-day period.

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