Senior Software Engineer - IAM

πŸ“ World
USD 186,100-218,900 per year
SENIOR
βœ… Hybrid

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 4 Leadership @ 4 Communication @ 4 Debugging @ 4 TAG @ 4 Compliance @ 4

Details

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Security Platform Engineering IAM Onboarding team. The team builds and maintains a trusted, easy-to-use, and scalable platform to streamline adoption of Coinbase's access management solutions for first-party and third-party tools. Products include an end-to-end bootstrapper for creating internal tools with built-in authentication and authorization and a platform that synchronizes user entitlements from internal data stores to SaaS applications. These products are used by over 100 internal tools across the company.

Responsibilities

  • Build new platform features to meet critical security and compliance needs using Golang.
  • Develop high-quality, thoroughly tested code to enhance Coinbase's security posture.
  • Simplify deployment, ownership, operation, and diagnosis of systems and products.
  • Design scalable systems using modern cloud technologies and industry best practices.
  • Work cross-functionally with engineers, security analysts, and senior leadership to translate product and technical vision into quarterly roadmaps.
  • Serve as a direct communication channel for Coinbase developers using the platform, offering design input and debugging assistance.
  • Balance security and compliance requirements with positive developer and administrator experiences as the platform grows from hundreds to thousands of services.

Requirements

  • Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services; ability to compose a service-oriented architecture.
  • Strong technical skills in system design and coding; ability to write high-quality, well-tested code.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaborating with platform customers and teammates.
  • Passion for developing state-of-the-art, mission-critical security controls.
  • Practical experience with Golang (used to build new platform features).
  • Experience working with cloud-based systems and designing for scalability, reliability, and operational simplicity.
  • Familiarity with authorization and authentication concepts and synchronizing entitlements to SaaS applications is highly relevant to the role.

Nice to Have

  • Experience working on greenfield projects.
  • Experience developing products within the Identity and Access Management (IAM) domain.
  • Experience building a product/platform utilized by other developers.

Work Model & Culture

  • Coinbase is remote-first but not remote-only; in-person participation is required throughout the year (team and company-wide offsites held multiple times annually). Attendance at these events is expected and supported.
  • The work culture is intense and performance-oriented; candidates should be comfortable with high expectations and working with high-caliber colleagues.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Pay Range: $186,065β€”$218,900 USD (target annual salary; final offers may 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, generous time off/leave policy, and the option of getting paid in digital currency.

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

  • Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants without regard to protected characteristics; reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities (accommodations[at]coinbase.com).
  • Applicant data processing is governed by Coinbase's candidate privacy notice; additional legal disclosures (e.g., for US applicants) are provided in the posting.

Additional Notes

  • Posting identifier: P72840
  • Location tag: #LI-Remote
  • The role involves working on mission-critical security and IAM platform components and requires strong engineering discipline, collaboration, and operational ownership.