Software Engineer, Backend - Blockchain Platform (Crypto Data Foundations)

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, Coinbase is seeking a candidate passionate about crypto and blockchain technology, eager to make a meaningful impact, comfortable with high-performance peers, and receptive to feedback. The team culture is intense and high-expectation; in-person participation is required throughout the year (team and company-wide offsites occur multiple times annually).

The Crypto Data Foundation team builds fundamental Web3 data infrastructure (ChainStack) to ingest, index, and parse vast amounts of crypto data with minimal latency.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical structure to teams and work closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps.
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables using technical expertise.
• Mentor and train team members on design techniques and coding standards.
• Design and implement foundational infrastructure components used across engineering teams (examples: dynamic configuration, secrets storage, container orchestration).
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.
• Learn, build, improve, and maintain cloud provisioning services written in Golang and Terraform.
• Design scalable, fault-tolerant solutions using modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Work with engineers and leadership to turn product and technical vision into quarterly roadmaps.
• Provide customer support to internal engineers on cloud provisioning.

Requirements

• Minimum 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining backend services and infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC); hands-on Terraform experience is called out.
• Experience writing high-quality, well-tested code.
• Strong problem-solving skills: identify root causes and drive issues to resolution.
• Familiarity with cloud provisioning, container orchestration, secrets storage, and dynamic configuration.

Nice to haves

• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity (e.g., interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services).
• Experience with ChainStack or similar Web3 data ingestion/indexing systems.

Additional details

• Job #: P70272
• Pay Range: $152,405 — $179,300 USD (full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)).
• Work model: remote-first but not remote-only; in-person participation and offsite attendance are expected and supported.
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans with generous employee contributions
• Health Savings Account with company contributions
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Wellness stipend
• Mobile/internet reimbursement
• Connections stipend
• Volunteer time off
• Fertility counseling and benefits
• Generous time off/leave policy
• Option to get paid in digital currency