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As an IT Service Desk Engineer on our IT team, you'll own the end-to-end onboarding operations experience that sets every new hire up for success on Day 1. This role sits at the center of how Coinbase scales onboarding support globally, partnering across IT, People Ops, Engineering, and Security to deliver a consistent, high-quality experience. You'll run the day-to-day support operations, maintain the documentation and workflows that power onboarding, and drive automation that reduces friction while keeping quality high.
Key Responsibilities
- Own new hire onboarding support operations, including Slack-based troubleshooting, Day 1 issue resolution, and facilitated sessions for high-touch or specialized cohorts
- Manage the global onboarding support rotation, ensuring regional coverage and readiness, and train rotating team members on onboarding standards and processes
- Lead intake, triage, and escalation of onboarding-related requests through ticketing systems, coordinating with partner teams to resolve blockers impacting new hires
- Maintain the Computer Setup Guide and onboarding knowledge base, ensuring documentation stays accurate and aligned with live UI, system behavior, and operational workflows
- Drive onboarding workflow improvements by identifying repetitive issues and piloting low-code automations, bots, and AI-assisted support motions that reduce manual work at scale
- Track and surface operational metrics on onboarding quality, ticket trends, and support efficiency, using data to recommend process and tooling improvements
Required Skills and Experience
- 3+ years in IT service desk, IT support, or onboarding operations with hands-on experience supporting employees through account setup, device readiness, and Day 1 workflows
- Demonstrated ownership of recurring operational processes with proven ability to maintain accuracy across documentation, knowledge bases, and support workflows
- Experience triaging and resolving issues in ticketing systems (e.g., Jira Service Management) and support channels (e.g., Slack), including escalation coordination with cross-functional stakeholders
- Track record of identifying operational patterns and translating findings into measurable process improvements, automation, or workflow optimizations
- Experience coordinating QA reviews or operational health checks and producing summary reporting that surfaces blockers, gaps, and improvement opportunities
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.
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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)
$96,304 - $113,859 USD
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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About Coinbase
Coinbase, founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam in San Francisco, is the largest US-listed crypto exchange (NASDAQ: COIN) with 110M+ verified users and $300B+ quarterly traded volume. Products span retail, Advanced Trade, Wallet self-custody, Base L2 and institutional prime. Public since 2021, Coinbase drives US policy engagement and proof-of-reserves standards. The bar is high for security thinking, regulatory judgment and shipping consumer-grade crypto products. As the premier US-listed digital asset platform, Coinbase sets industry standards for security architecture, regulatory engagement, and developer-first Web3 ecosystem scaling. Coinbase recruits across engineering, risk compliance, product design, and business development to expand compliant Web3 financial services.