Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Blockchain Platform)

Details

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Responsibilities

• Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang.
• Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Articulate a long term vision for maintaining and scaling backend systems and the teams running them.
• Work with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
• Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling and maintaining production services and composing a service-oriented architecture.
• Strong emphasis on writing well tested, production-quality code.
• Passion for building an open financial system and for crypto/blockchain technology.

Nice to have

• Experience with rapid company growth (startup → mid-size).
• Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.
• Experience with blockchain technologies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, onchain activity).
• Experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices.
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.
• Experience building financial, high reliability or security systems.
• Crypto-forward experience such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Compensation and additional info

• Job #: GPBE05US
• Pay Range: $186,065 — $218,900 USD (target annual salary; full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity and benefits).
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.
• #LI-Remote — remote-first role; in-person participation expected throughout the year.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Health Savings Account with company contributions
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend
• Volunteer time off, fertility counseling and benefits
• Generous time off/leave policy
• Option to get paid in digital currency

Other

Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Global data privacy notices and additional hiring process details are included in the original posting.