User Research Intern, Coinbase
Summer 2024
$50 USD / hour. Plus bonus and equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
Job no longer available
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$50 USD / hour. Plus bonus and equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
Role
Who you are
- Actively seeking a career in user research
- Working knowledge of general research principles (experimental design, bias, confounds, etc.) and UX research principles (usability testing, design thinking, etc.)
- Self-motivated and committed to personal growth
- Approach problems with positive energy
Desirable
- Currently enrolled and pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, PhD or trade program certificate in a research-related field, or pursuing user research as an extracurricular while enrolled in a Bachelors program
- Enjoy thinking about how people interact with products, with a natural curiosity to understand others’ mental models and motivations
What the job involves
- Coinbase is seeking interns to join our User Research team for a 12-week / 16-week internship to understand user needs for existing products like Coinbase Cloud and tools for developers
- You will contribute to unique, large scale, highly complex product problems
- You will help researchers, designers, and product managers craft thoughtful experiences to help enable all people to engage with the crypto economy
- You don’t need to be an expert on cryptocurrency to join us—we welcome folks at many different moments in their cryptocurrency journey
- We only ask that you have a basic knowledge of cryptocurrency and Coinbase’s role in it, and an interest in learning more
- Work on one or more research projects with other researchers, designers, and product managers to investigate a product problem or area
- Learn how to plan and execute research to solve complex and ambiguous product problems
- Craft one or more research reports to clearly communicate your findings and make impactful design and product recommendations for the team
Our take
Coinbase has built a reputation as one of the most accessible entry points into the world of cryptocurrency. With features like crypto wallets, direct bank account linking, and merchant payment tools, it's helping bring crypto into the mainstream. But the company isn't just relying on its early success, it's evolving fast to stay relevant in a rapidly changing market.
Lately, its doubled down on its focus on institutional clients, now serving as the custodian for the majority of approved Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, and its Prime platform offers a full suite of services for hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions. As demand for regulated crypto products rise globally (particularly in Asia), Coinbase is ready to expand.
And it's even making moves to engage with younger audiences, having recently partnered with Riot Games to sponsor global eSports events for League of Legends and Valorant. This multi-year deal, commencing with the Valorant Masters in Toronto and the MSI 2025 tournament in Vancouver. This partnership highlights Coinbase's strategy to integrate Web3 technologies into mainstream entertainment, aiming to bridge the gap between gaming and cryptocurrency for a new generation of users.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Oct 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2018
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $636.6m
Leadership
Brian Armstrong
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded UniversityTutor.com, also worked as a Software Engineer at AirBnb
Alessia Haas
(CFO)Previously held various head positions, including VP at GE Healthcare, Director at Merrill Lynch and CFO at CIT Bank and Oz Management
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