Software Engineer, Backend - Blockchain Platform (Wallets)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. This role is on the Wallets team, building backend services that power sends and receives for Coinbase's custodial products, interfacing with 60+ blockchains and serving 100m+ daily users.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain the future of our wallet systems
• Collaborate with teams across the company on integrations with our services
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
• Troubleshoot and debug complicated problems

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience in software engineering
• Experience designing, building, scaling and maintaining production services
• Knowledge of composing a service-oriented architecture
• Writes high quality, well tested code to meet customer needs
• Able to troubleshoot and debug complicated problems
• Passion for building an open financial system and familiarity with crypto/blockchain concepts is desired

Nice to haves

• Experience with blockchains such as Bitcoin or Ethereum
• Experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or Redshift
• Experience building financial, high-reliability, or security systems
• Crypto-forward experience, including interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services
• Experience in companies that went through rapid growth (startup → mid-size)

Pay & Benefits

• Pay Range: $154,000 — $154,000 CAD
• Full time offers include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Benefits listed include extended health care, dental, vision, life & accident insurance, disability coverage, ESPP, wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend, learning & development allowance, employee assistance program, travel medical policy, fertility benefits, and generous time off/leave policy

Other information

• While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, Coinbase is not remote-only; in-person participation is required throughout the year and attendance at team/company offsites is expected
• Job #: GPBE04US
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate onchain experience
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities
• AI tools may be piloted for initial screening interviews (human review retained)