Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Blockchain Platform)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. The Platform Product Group builds trusted, scalable, and compliant platform foundations used by multiple products and teams at Coinbase. You will work on crypto-forward products and features, solving large-scale, complex technical problems at the intersection of web-scale applications and blockchain technology.

Responsibilities

• Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang.
• Design scalable systems using modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling backend systems and the teams running them.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a quarterly roadmap.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.
• Operate real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and manage secure, dockerized infrastructure running in the cloud.

Requirements

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

Nice to Haves

• Experience with rapid company growth (startup to mid-size).
• Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.
• Experience with blockchain technology (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum).
• Experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices.
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or DynamoDB.
• Experience building financial, high-reliability or security-sensitive systems.
• Familiarity with on-chain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, ENS, and dApps.

Work model

• Remote-first role with expectations for in-person participation throughout the year; team and company offsites are held multiple times annually. Attendance is expected and supported.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: $186,065—$218,900 USD (target annual salary; full-time offers also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
• Benefits include medical, dental and vision plans, HSA contributions, disability and life insurance, 401(k) match, wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend, volunteer time off, fertility counseling and benefits, generous time off/leave policy, and the option of getting paid in digital currency.

Additional Information

• Job#: GPBE05US
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate onchain experience.
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.