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Prime Sales Trader

Coinbase· Institutional Prime Trading
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Hybrid (UK)£127.2k - £133.9kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Prime Sales Trader on Coinbase's Institutional Prime Trading team focused on delivering best-in-class execution and liquidity solutions to sophisticated institutional clients across spot and derivatives markets.

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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Sales and/or trading experienceOptions tradingRelationship managementMarket commentary

Benefits

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision/ Eye Care Vouchers
  • Life Assurance Benefit
  • Disability/Income Protection
  • Workplace Pension Scheme
  • Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Wellness Stipend
  • Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
  • Learning and Development Allowance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Generous Time off/Leave Policy
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

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