Tech Stack
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
AI @ 3
Blockchain @ 1
ClickHouse @ 2
Data Modeling
Data Structures @ 1
Distributed Systems @ 3
GenAI
Generative AI @ 3
Go @ 5
Kafka @ 2
MongoDB @ 2
Observability
Python @ 5
Redis @ 2
gRPC @ 2
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Coinbase's Blockchain Data Platform team within the Platform organization builds an ultra-low-latency indexing platform that ingests, normalizes, and serves data across major blockchains. The platform powers teams across Coinbase and external developers through the Coinbase Developer Platform. This is a small, high-impact, AI-native team taking a platform-first approach to blockchain indexing. You will build and operate distributed systems at the core of the platform, owning services end-to-end from design through production.
Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Employees are expected to meet quarterly for in-person working sessions called “surges.”
Responsibilities
- Build and operate distributed systems for real-time blockchain data ingestion, indexing, and querying, owning services end-to-end from design documents and data modeling through code, rollout, and observability.
- Own delivery of key initiatives such as new chain integrations, migrations, and backfills, driving improvements to latency, reliability, and cost.
- Partner with product and platform teams to define data contracts and contribute to SDKs and primitives that drive adoption across Coinbase and external developers.
- Execute architecture and performance improvements across the indexing stack, applying systems design fundamentals involving partitioning, consistency, stream processing, and storage boundaries.
- Support engineering quality through code reviews, testing rigor, and responsible use of AI tools to ship faster and reduce operational burden.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of software engineering experience building and operating distributed or data systems in production.
- Solid systems design fundamentals, including partitioning, consistency and availability tradeoffs, stream processing, and storage and compute boundaries.
- Proficiency in a backend language such as Go and/or Python.
- Familiarity with technologies such as Kafka, gRPC, Redis, S3, ClickHouse, or MongoDB.
- Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear designs and shipped solutions with measurable impact.
- Blockchain or crypto data experience is a plus, including familiarity with chain data structures, finality, reorganizations, RPC nodes, or wallets.
- Ability to use generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight while delivering business-ready outputs and measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Compensation
The annual base salary range, excluding equity and bonus, is $152,405–$179,300 USD. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, as well as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
Candidates may submit a maximum of three applications within a six-month period. Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.