Software Engineer, Backend - (Consumer - Products)

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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 experienced backend engineers to join the Consumer Product Group to build out the next generation of crypto-forward products and features. You will solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems, bridging the constraints posed by web-scale applications and blockchain technology. You will help build the next generation of systems to make cryptocurrency accessible to everyone across the globe, operating real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and managing secure, dockerized infrastructure running in the cloud.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, the company is not remote-only; in-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites (attendance expected and supported).

Responsibilities

• Decompose a monolithic Rails application into microservices.
• Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling backend systems.
• Work with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
• Write high quality, well-tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
• Operate and contribute to dockerized cloud infrastructure for real-time, low-latency applications.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services.
• Knowledge and experience composing a service-oriented or microservice architecture.
• Strong emphasis on writing high quality, well-tested code.
• Passion for building an open financial system and interest in crypto/blockchain technologies.

Nice to Haves

• Experience at a company that went through rapid growth (startup → mid-size).
• Experience building growth experiments or A/B tests.
• Experience with blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum) and onchain activity (interacting with Ethereum addresses, ENS, dApps).
• 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-critical systems.

Compensation & Additional Info

• Job #: GCBE04CA
• Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
• Pay Range: $149,500 — $149,500 CAD
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate onchain experience.
• AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting AI tools for initial screening interviews and interview intelligence in some roles; humans review interview responses and AI is not used to make employment decisions.

Benefits

• Extended Health Care Benefit (coordinates with Provincial Coverage)
• Dental Care
• Vision Care
• Virtual Health Care (Consult+)
• Life & Accident Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness Stipend
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
• Connections Stipend
• Learning & Development Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Depending on location, GDPR and CCPA may apply; applicants agree to data processing as part of the application procedure.