Software Engineer, Backend - DevX

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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, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Coinbase is seeking experienced backend engineers to join our team 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 the most secure, dockerized infrastructure running in the cloud.

Responsibilities

• Decompose our monolithic Rails app 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 quarterly roadmap.
• Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling and maintaining production services; familiarity with composing a service-oriented architecture.
• Proven ability to write high quality, well tested code.
• Passion for building an open financial system.

Nice to haves

• Experience going through rapid company growth (startup → mid-size).
• Experience building growth experiments or A/B tests.
• Experience with blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).
• 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

• Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range from $152,405 — $179,300 USD. Full-time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

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

Additional notes

• Coinbase expects candidates to attend periodic in-person team/company events; the role is remote-first but not remote-only.
• Applicants may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period.
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.