Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform for the future global financial system.

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 teams.
• 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.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services.
• Knowledge of service-oriented architecture.
• 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 such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
• Experience decomposing large monoliths into microservices.
• Familiarity with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.
• Experience building financial, high reliability, or security systems.
• Crypto-forward experience including interacting with Ethereum addresses, ENS, and blockchain-based services.

Benefits

• Medical insurance including Dental & Vision for employees and dependents.
• Group Personal Accidental and Term Life Insurance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Wellness, Mobile/Internet, Connections, and Learning and Development stipends.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Global Travel Medical Policy.
• Fertility benefits.
• Generous time off and leave policies.