Software Engineer Intern

📍 New York City, United States
📍 San Francisco, United States

USD 60 per hour

INTERN

✅ Hybrid

Tech Stack
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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;

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AI @ 3 API Blockchain Compliance Customer Support Ethereum GenAI Generative AI @ 3 Payments Security Web Development @ 2 dApps @ 6

Details

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. This is a 12-week summer 2027 internship. Interns will help build the next generation of crypto-forward products and features, solving large-scale technical problems at the intersection of web-scale applications and blockchain technology while shipping production code that impacts millions of users.

Following the hybrid internship, any full-time return opportunity would be remote-first.

Internship Teams

Product Group Teams — San Francisco

Base: Create integrations, fiat onramps, and developer tools on Coinbase's Ethereum L2 network.
Consumer: Build Coinbase retail and wallet apps, advanced trading, dApps, and staking experiences.
Developer: Develop Coinbase Developer Platform infrastructure, including Payments, Wallets, Trading, and Stablecoin APIs.
Institutional: Build systems for financial institutions to custody digital assets, stake, and participate in the crypto economy.
Platform: Create scalable, compliant foundational systems for Identity, FinHub, Payments, Blockchain, and Infrastructure.

Core Teams — New York City

Security: Build solutions for security, compliance, and privacy needs, including the Workforce IAM Platform and security oversight tooling.
Enterprise Engineering: Develop platforms that enhance customer support, internal tools, and compliance through automation and customer-focused engineering.

Responsibilities

Write high-quality, well-tested code that ships to production and directly impacts Coinbase customers.
Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to turn technical and product vision into delivered features.
Participate in code reviews and provide and receive feedback to improve team quality.
Own a defined project end-to-end, from scoping through implementation and launch, during the 12-week internship.
Learn and apply crypto and blockchain concepts to real engineering problems in a production environment.

Requirements

Programming experience in any language through academic work, personal projects, or professional experience.
Ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete implementation steps.
Familiarity with at least one of web development, mobile development, backend systems, or infrastructure.
Ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots, such as LibreChat, Gemini, and Glean, with human oversight.
Ability to apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation

The target hourly rate is $60 USD, depending on work location.

Additional Information

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. US applicants are provided information regarding employee rights, know-your-rights resources, and E-Verify participation. Applicants agree to Coinbase's Candidate Privacy Notice and, for US applications, the Arbitration of Disputes agreement.