Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer Products)

Details

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 the next generation of crypto-forward products and features. You will solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems that bridge web-scale application constraints and blockchain technology. You will work on systems that operate real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and manage secure, dockerized infrastructure in the cloud.

Responsibilities

• Decompose a monolithic Rails application into microservices.
• Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling backend systems.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and leadership to translate product and technical vision into a quarterly roadmap.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.

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.
• Strong emphasis on writing well-tested, maintainable code.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-expectation culture; in-person participation is required throughout the year (team and company offsites are held multiple times annually).

Nice to haves

• Experience working through rapid company growth (startup -> mid-size).
• Experience building growth experiments or A/B tests.
• Experience with blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum) and onchain interactions (Ethereum addresses, ENS, dApps).
• Experience decomposing large monoliths into microservices.
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or Redshift.
• Experience building financial, high-reliability, or security-critical systems.
• Crypto-forward experience, including interacting with onchain activity and dApps.

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 of getting paid in digital currency.

Pay & Additional information

• Pay Range: $147,000 — $174,000 USD (target annual salary; full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits).
• Job #: GCBE04US
• Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.
• Coinbase notes they may pilot AI tools for initial screening interviews and BrightHire for interview intelligence for select roles. To request accommodations for disability, contact [email protected].