Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - International)

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, Coinbase is seeking a candidate who is passionate about crypto and blockchain technology, enjoys working with high-caliber colleagues, seeks feedback to improve, and is motivated to solve hard problems. The company is remote-first but not remote-only: in-person participation is required throughout the year (team and company offsites are held multiple times annually and attendance is expected and supported).

Join the Country Expansion team and help shape the international growth of cryptocurrency adoption. As Tech Lead Manager for a team spanning multiple countries across the Americas (except the US), you will partner with Country Directors, Product Managers, Customer Support and be responsible for delivering growth initiatives in strategic markets.

Responsibilities

• Act as the tech lead for the first 6 months, focusing on technical projects and contributing to code; transition to managing direct reports after that period.
• Spend at least 25% of your time as an individual contributor, driving engineering quality and velocity.
• Build high-performance services using Golang and gRPC, creating integrations to elevate Coinbase's customer experience.
• Be a thoughtful technical voice in the team, contributing to architectural decisions and fostering high-quality code and engineering processes.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure delivery and operation of multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to define strategic product roadmaps that support international expansion.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables using technical expertise.
• Mentor and coach team members on system design techniques and coding standards.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact.
• Passion for building an open financial system and advancing cryptocurrency adoption.

Nice to haves

• Experience at a company that scaled rapidly (e.g., 10 to 100s of engineers).
• Experience with blockchain technologies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Base, etc.).
• Experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices.
• Familiarity with Golang, Protobuf, Docker, MongoDB, Postgres, and AWS.
• Experience building financial, high-reliability, or security-focused systems.
• Crypto-forward experience (onchain activity, interacting with Ethereum addresses, ENS, dApps, blockchain-based services).

Compensation

• Pay Range (target annual salary): 217,900 — 217,900 CAD. Full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits (medical, dental, vision).

Benefits

• Extended health care (coordinates with provincial coverage)
• Dental and vision care
• Virtual health care (Consult+)
• Life & accident insurance
• Disability coverage
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness stipend
• Mobile/internet reimbursement
• Connections stipend
• Learning and development allowance
• Employee assistance program
• Global travel medical policy
• Fertility benefits
• Generous time off/leave policy

Other notes

• Job #: GCBE06CA
• 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.
• Global data privacy and US-specific applicant notices apply as described by Coinbase.
• AI interview tools may be piloted for select roles; humans will review interview responses.