Solutions Architect

at Coinbase

📍 New York City, United States

USD 170,000 per year

MIDDLE

✅ Hybrid

Tech Stack
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Details

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges.”

As a Solutions Architect on the Sales, Trading, and Prime team, you will help scale Coinbase’s B2B products by combining technical field engagement with hands-on software development. You will work directly with customers ranging from startups to large institutions as a trusted technical advisor, while contributing to open source projects and extending Coinbase’s core products to support strategic client opportunities. This role involves substantial coding, and candidates must be actively developing and delivering software in their current role.

Responsibilities

Partner with customers as a trusted technical advisor, guiding them in building on Coinbase services and APIs and deepening relationships as they scale.
Collaborate with sales teams to address prospect technical requirements and support deal closure.
Architect distributed-systems solutions for complex customer needs.
Build open source SDKs and reference implementations.
Lead customer implementations end to end, including technical presentations, resolving roadblocks, and partnering with support teams to ensure success.
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to extend core capabilities for strategic client opportunities.

Requirements

Degree in computer science.
At least 3 years of software engineering experience.
Expert-level proficiency with REST and WebSocket APIs.
Production experience with Golang.
Proven experience designing and building integration solutions across modern and legacy systems for complex, ambiguous customer problems.
Ability to translate complex technical needs into actionable recommendations for sales, product, engineering, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
Experience with blockchain, crypto, or trading systems.
Ability to independently scope customer requirements and deliver working solutions under tight timelines.
Responsible use of generative AI, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation

Annual base salary: $170,000 USD.
Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
Position ID: P77612.