Senior Software Engineer, Backend; Institutional - Staking

Overview

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of? Coinbase’s mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by building an onchain platform and the future global financial system. We seek a candidate who is passionate about our mission and about crypto and blockchain technology, who wants to leave a mark, and who collaborates with high-caliber colleagues while continuously leveling up through feedback.

Our work culture is intense and fast-paced, with in-person participation required throughout the year alongside remote-friendly options.

The Institutional Product Group enables Coinbase’s institutional business, supporting thousands of large financial institutions to custody digital assets and participate in the crypto economy securely. The team builds scalable crypto platforms, infrastructure, and user interfaces across web, mobile, and browser extensions, with a focus on cutting-edge technologies and new initiatives.

• Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang.
• Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling backend systems and the teams that run them.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a quarterly roadmap.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.

• You have at least 5 years of experience in software engineering.
• You have designed, built, scaled, and maintained production services and know how to compose a service-oriented architecture.
• You write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.
• You are passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.

• You have experience with rapid growth in a company (startup to mid-size).
• Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.
• You have experience with blockchain technology (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum).
• You have experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices.
• You have worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, Mongo
  
  DB or Dynamo
  
  DB.
• You have built financial, high-reliability, or security systems.
• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as Ethereum addresses, ENS, and blockchain-based services.

Pay transparency notice:
The target annual salary range is $186,005—$218,900 USD, with full-time offers including target bonus, target equity, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Commitment to Equal Opportunity:
Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by law. For US applicants, there are employee rights and know-your-rights notices available, and Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program where required.

Accessibility:
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