Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)

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

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. The Platform Product Group builds trusted, scalable, and compliant platform foundations used across products at Coinbase. Engineers on these teams build crypto-forward products and features, solving large-scale, complex technical problems that bridge web-scale application constraints and blockchain technology. Many roles are remote-first but in-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites.

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.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap each 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; familiarity composing a service-oriented architecture.
• Strong emphasis on writing high quality, well-tested code.
• Passion for building an open financial system and familiarity with the crypto/blockchain space is valued.

Nice to haves

• Experience with rapid company growth (startup → mid-size).
• Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.
• Experience with blockchain technology (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).
• 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, including interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Compensation

Pay Range: $191,000 — $191,000 CAD. Full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits (medical, dental, vision).

Other notes

• Job #: GPBE05US
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.
• #LI-Remote
• Coinbase requires reasonable in-person participation throughout the year for offsites and events; attendance is expected and supported.

Benefits

• Extended Health Care Benefit (coordinates with Provincial Coverage)
• Dental Care
• Vision Care
• Consult+ (Virtual Health Care)
• Life & Accident Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness Stipend
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
• Connections Stipend
• Learning and Development Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy

Privacy & Accessibility

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• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities (accommodations[at]coinbase.com).