Senior Software Engineer - IAM

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: $186,065—$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.