Senior Backend Software Engineer

Are you ready to challenge yourself and push beyond your limits?

At Coinbase, we are on a mission to enhance economic freedom globally. This ambitious endeavor requires us to continuously excel as we construct the next generation onchain platform, paving the way for the future of the global financial system.

We are searching for a passionate candidate who believes in the transformative power of crypto and blockchain technology to revolutionize the financial landscape. If you're eager to make your mark, enjoy working collaboratively with top-tier colleagues, and thrive on receiving feedback to drive your growth, then you might be the perfect fit for us. We want individuals who embrace challenges and are committed to addressing the most difficult problems the company faces.

Our work culture is intense and not suited for everyone. If you aspire to shape the future alongside others who excel in their fields and demand the same from you, this is the place to be.

Coinbase Institutional - Turning Vision into Reality

Our work at Coinbase Institutional is crucial. We empower thousands of the world’s largest financial institutions to trade, custody, and engage with the global cryptoeconomy. Our team is responsible for launching industry-leading innovations and building scalable, secure infrastructure for a multitude of digital assets. We provide reliable gateways for staking, governance, and Web3, creating the scalable technology and user-friendly interfaces that support the foremost players in the global economy.

Join us and help build the infrastructure for what’s next.

The Institutional Staking Engineering team manages sophisticated systems that secure billions in staked digital assets across various blockchain networks. Staking enhances our Custody services, allowing clients to earn returns on their digital holdings while contributing to the security of blockchain networks by deploying substantial assets that would otherwise remain dormant.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop new services to fulfill essential product and business requirements utilizing Golang.
• Design scalable systems to tackle innovative challenges with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling our backend systems and managing the teams operating them.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a concrete roadmap each quarter.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to address customer needs.

What We Value in You:

• You possess a minimum of 5 years experience in software engineering.
• You have designed, built, scaled, and maintained production services and understand how to design a service-oriented architecture.
• You produce high-quality, well-tested code meeting customer needs.
• You are enthusiastic about creating an open financial system that connects the world.

Preferred Qualifications:

• You have experienced rapid growth at your previous company (from startup to mid-size).
• You have familiarity with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.
• You possess knowledge of blockchain technology (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum).
• You have experience in breaking down a large monolith into microservices.
• You are skilled in Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.
• You have developed financial, high-reliability, or security systems.
• You have a background in crypto, including engagement with onchain activities, Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and interacting with decentralized applications or blockchain services.

Job #: P74267

Salary Range: $186,065-$218,900 USD, plus bonus eligibility, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing fair consideration to all applicants. We value diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply, regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, or other protected status. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability, please reach out to us for assistance.