Software Engineer, Backend - DevX Server Foundations

Details

At Coinbase we aim to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system. The Developer Experience org within Infrastructure seeks to make Coinbase the most enjoyable place in the world for developers to rapidly build and ship quality products. The Server Foundations team is responsible for empowering efficiency through foundational excellence to enable Coinbase backend engineering to move rapidly.

This role is remote-first with in-person participation required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites. Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate onchain experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software development framework and other shared libraries for Coinbase’s backend engineers.
• Implement customer-focused abstractions that simplify and standardize the way features are offered.
• Responsible for the performance, automation, and standardization of gRPC services.
• Learn and continue to foster an understanding of the long-term needs of backend engineering infrastructure.
• Contribute to technical decisions providing design justification, coordination, and collaboration with other teams in the organization.
• Communicate to gather requirements for backend development framework offerings and capabilities, and to understand gaps and improvements.
• Produce professional documentation and diagrams to clearly and concisely communicate concepts and architectures to infrastructure colleagues and users.
• Manage and assist in the resolution of complicated technical problems and incidents; provide appropriate communication and escalation.
• Support and maintain current infrastructure offerings to maintain a high level of service and availability to the organization.
• Develop strong and effective working relationships with Infrastructure, Security, business partners, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Keep up to date with current developments and best practices within the domain and make forward-looking recommendations.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of software engineering experience and experience building large-scale backend systems.
• Strong proficiency with a modern tech stack; the role specifically highlights Go and gRPC.
• Experience building shared libraries and frameworks for large organizations.
• Experience refactoring legacy codebases, isolating and decommissioning unused logic.
• Experience scaling backend infrastructure and owning performance and automation for services.
• Strong problem solving skills; ability to determine root cause and see issues through to solution.
• Ability to balance business needs with technical solutions; self-starter with strong interpersonal skills.

Compensation

• Pay Range: $152,405—$179,300 USD (target annual salary; full-time offers also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits).

Benefits

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

Additional information

• Job #: GPBE04US-IN
• LI-Remote: remote-first role, with in-person participation required throughout the year for team/company offsites and events.
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.