Institutional Operations Internship, Coinbase
$40—$40 USD Per Hour
Digital currency exchange
Open for applications
Digital currency exchange
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$40—$40 USD Per Hour
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing a degree or certificate in business, management, finance, accounting, or a related discipline
- Demonstrated problem-solving ability with capacity to identify second-order effects and streamline processes accordingly
- Proven willingness to engage cross-functional stakeholders and collaborate in team settings
- Familiarity with finance or banking concepts, with interest in crypto and digital assets
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
What the job involves
- This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027
- Join the Institutional Operations Solutions (IOS) team within the Institutional group as a Institutional Operations Intern
- This team manages risk and delivers operational solutions across Coinbase’s Institutional organization, supporting a broad range of teams and functions that help scale the institutional business
- You'll work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and institutional clients, tackling real operational challenges
- Support day-to-day IOS operations while identifying and managing operational risk across compliance and regulatory requirements
- Identify opportunities to improve existing processes and risk management capabilities, recommending solutions backed by data analysis
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders to build technology solutions that support institutional operations at scale
- Analyze data sets and deliver recommendations grounded in sound quantitative reasoning
- Collaborate with fellow interns on a group project solving a real business problem, presenting findings and solutions to the leadership 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.
For example, its doubled down on institutional clients, now serving as the custodian for the majority of approved Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Its Prime platform also 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.
Its also making moves to engage with younger audiences, by partnering with Riot Games to sponsor global eSports events for League of Legends and Valorant. This partnership highlights Coinbase's strategy to integrate Web 3.0 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 9 rounds)
Oct 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Aug 2017
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $528.5m
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
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 135 more jobs at Coinbase