Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Platform)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. The Platform Product Group builds and maintains platform services critical to Coinbase, including Identity, Payment, Risk, Proofing & Regulatory, Finhub, Machine Learning, Customer Experience, and Infrastructure. The Networks team designs, implements, and maintains cloud-based network infrastructure (ingress/egress, internal and external) to support a trusted, scalable, and compliant platform.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, deploy, document, and manage cloud-based network infrastructure, including all ingress and egress (internal and external).
• Implement customer-focused abstractions that simplify and standardize cloud services, topologies, and implementations.
• Develop and maintain code for networking primitives (coding iptables and software-defined networking).
• Lead and defend technical decisions; provide design justification, coordinate with teams, and identify value and requirements across the organization.
• Learn and advocate for long-term infrastructure needs and improvements.
• Communicate with stakeholders to gather requirements, evangelize cloud offerings, and identify gaps.
• Produce professional documentation and diagrams to communicate concepts and architectures to infrastructure colleagues and users.
• Manage and assist in resolution of complex technical incidents; provide communication and escalation as needed.
• Support and maintain existing infrastructure offerings to ensure high service and availability.
• Build strong working relationships with Infrastructure, Security, IT, business partners, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Keep current with developments and best practices in the domain and make forward-looking recommendations.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of network engineering experience in industry.
• Experience building systems on public cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong proficiency in a modern tech stack, including languages like Ruby and Go; experience with gRPC + Protobuf for communication.
• Proficiency with low-level networking primitives and cloud networking concepts (IP-converged networks, AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, IAM role management and implementation).
• Practical experience coding iptables and working with software-defined networking.
• Understanding of high-quality code and software engineering processes and ability to foster that environment.
• Core personal qualities: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, efficient execution, flexibility to adapt in a dynamic environment, and ability to set priorities and balance multiple deadlines.

Nice to haves

• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity (interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services).

Compensation & Other Notes

• Pay Range: 185,500 — 185,500 CAD (target annual salary). Full-time offers may include target bonus, target equity, and benefits (medical, dental, vision).
• This role is remote-first but not remote-only; in-person participation and attendance at team/company offsites throughout the year are expected.
• Job #: P61150
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.

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