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Senior Software Engineer
Coinbase
Remote, USA
Senior · 5+ years experience
Remote
Discovered 4 days ago
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Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production systems, with significant experience in Golang and gRPC.
- Proven track record designing scalable service architectures and making system design trade-offs across performance, reliability, and maintainability in high-throughput environments.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, or similar cloud infrastructure tools, and working knowledge of event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ, or similar).
- Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases, third-party API integrations, and modern development practices including GraphQL and ETL pipelines.
- Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous, multi-quarter projects from concept to production with minimal guidance and sound technical judgment.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
- Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$186,065—$218,900 USD
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- US Applicants: View Employee Rights, Know Your Rights, and E-Verify Notice of Participation.
- Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
- Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice. US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$186,065—$218,900 USD
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end design, development, and reliability of high-performance backend services using Golang and gRPC, enabling seamless trading experiences for customers worldwide.
- Lead rapid experimentation and optimization of conversion funnels for key trading journeys, using data to prioritize high-impact opportunities.
- Drive accelerated time to market for new features by making system design trade-offs across performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Champion software engineering best practices in design, coding, testing, documentation, monitoring, and alerting, raising the bar for the team.
- Partner cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and designers across multiple time zones to translate product vision into quarterly roadmaps and high-impact outcomes.
About Coinbase
Financial Services1,001-5,000Founded 2012
Coinbase is a publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows users to buy, sell, store, and trade digital currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Founded in 2012, it is one of the largest and most widely used crypto exchanges globally.
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