Senior Software Engineer - Blockchain Network

📍 United States

USD 186,100-218,900 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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AI @ 6 API @ 6 Bitcoin @ 7 Blockchain @ 7 Distributed Systems @ 4 Ethereum @ 7 GenAI Generative AI @ 6 Go Kafka @ 4 Microservices @ 6 MongoDB @ 4 Observability Redis @ 4

Details

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Employees are expected to meet quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Blockchain Networks team within the Platform group, you will build critical infrastructure that integrates blockchain protocols with Coinbase’s internal services for new assets, stablecoins, and staking. The team translates complex blockchain operations and state machines into simple, reliable APIs that product teams across Coinbase depend on. You will own multi-quarter technical initiatives and ship platform primitives that improve the latency, reliability, and cost of Coinbase’s crypto stack.

Responsibilities

Own the design and delivery of blockchain network infrastructure that abstracts blockchain complexity into reliable platform APIs.
Lead multi-quarter initiatives, including new chain integrations, re-architecture efforts, and data migrations that improve system latency, reliability, and cost.
Define and maintain APIs, service-level objectives (SLOs), and observability for the systems you build, including on-call ownership.
Partner with product and platform teams to establish data contracts and ship SDKs and platform primitives that drive adoption across Coinbase.
Build deep technical context across multiple blockchain protocols, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and apply that knowledge to simplify cross-chain operations.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of production services in a service-oriented architecture.
Proven experience designing, scaling, and maintaining distributed systems handling high-throughput, low-latency workloads.
Hands-on experience with at least two of the following: Golang, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, or similar infrastructure technologies.
Direct experience with blockchain protocols or crypto infrastructure, such as integrating with Ethereum, Bitcoin, or similar Layer 1/Layer 2 networks.
Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems, including monoliths and legacy architectures, into well-bounded microservices with clear API contracts.
Ability to use generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation

Annual base salary: $186,065–$218,900 USD, excluding equity and bonus.
Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.

Job ID: P77731