Senior Staff Software Engineer - Blockchain Platform

Details

At Coinbase — a remote-first company — the Blockchain Platform team builds and operates the nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems that power on-chain actions (send, receive, stake, bridge, wrap, and more) across 60+ blockchain networks and 300+ tokens. The team defines the infrastructure connecting Coinbase products to the broader crypto economy and focuses on availability, latency, cost efficiency, and security for high-throughput financial transactions. Expect quarterly in-person working sessions ("surges").

Responsibilities

• Define and drive multi-quarter technical strategy for Blockchain Platform spanning nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle to support new chain integrations, new products, and growth in onchain transaction volume.
• Architect and evolve core platform infrastructure (nodes, indexers, wallet systems, liquidity primitives) for high availability, low latency, cost efficiency, and security at global scale.
• Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large cross-team architectural initiatives (e.g., wallet stack rearchitecture, indexing stack redesign, asset identifier system) with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability across crypto asset operations, including transaction finality, key management, reconciliation, and failure-mode handling.
• Own data-driven reliability improvements using observability signals (transaction success rates, node reliability, indexing latency, on-call burden) to identify platform gaps and lead remediation.
• Represent Blockchain Platform in executive and cross-org forums; communicate tradeoffs, align stakeholders, and secure buy-in for high-impact technical bets (examples: Yield and Stablecoins).

Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years operating at a staff-plus level designing and scaling high-throughput transaction systems requiring strong auditability, idempotency, and financial precision.
• Hands-on experience with one or more blockchain protocols at the node or protocol level (examples given: EVM chains, Solana, Bitcoin, L2s), with demonstrated depth in staking infrastructure, bridging protocols, or tokenization systems.
• Proven track record leading large-scale, multi-team architectural initiatives from design through production at companies operating critical infrastructure at global scale.
• Experience applying AI or agent-based automation to reduce operational toil in platform/infrastructure contexts, with measurable efficiency or reliability gains.
• Responsible use of generative AI, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and measurable workflow improvements.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $253,895 — $298,700 USD. Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Work Arrangement

• Remote (USA). Coinbase is remote-first but not remote-only; candidates should expect occasional in-person "surges."