Software Engineer, Backend - Platform

Details

At Coinbase we are building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system. The Platform Product Group builds trusted, scalable, and compliant foundations used by multiple products and teams at Coinbase. This role is for experienced backend engineers to join pods within Identity, FinHub, and Payments to solve large-scale problems combining web-scale application constraints with blockchain technology.

Responsibilities

• Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang.
• Design scalable systems to solve novel problems using modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Operate real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates and manage secure, dockerized infrastructure in the cloud.
• Work with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into quarterly roadmaps.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and maintain production services.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling and maintaining production services and composing a service-oriented architecture.
• Ability to write high-quality, well-tested code that meets customer needs.
• Passion for building an open financial system and interest in crypto and blockchain technology.

Nice to haves

• Experience with blockchains (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum) or 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-sensitive systems.
• Experience working in companies that grew rapidly (startup to mid-size).

Compensation & Pay Transparency

• Pay Range: $147,900 — $174,000 USD (target bonus + target equity + benefits may also apply depending on work location).

Work model

• Coinbase is remote-first but not remote-only. In-person participation (team/company offsites and periodic on-site presence) is required throughout the year. Role is posted with #LI-Remote.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans, Health Savings Account with company contributions, disability and life insurance, 401(k) with company match.
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend, volunteer time off, fertility counseling and benefits, generous time off/leave policy, and option of getting paid in digital currency.

Additional notes

• 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.