Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Enablement

Overview

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, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up.

We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. If you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

• Evolve, scale, and maintain the Global Blockchain Sync (GBS) service, ensuring reliable, up-to-date snapshots for all protocols.
• Help build new standardized paved road infrastructure for GCP & AWS.
• Design, build, and automate the new "Bare Metal Platform" to standardize provisioning for high-performance workloads.
• Partner with internal customers (Base, Blockchain teams) and partners (Compute, Security) to deliver secure, self-service infrastructure.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on infrastructure, backend, or SRE.
• Strong, hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS and GCP.
• Deep experience with container orchestration systems (Kubernetes, GKE, EKS) and container runtimes.
• Proven ability to build robust backend services and automation (e.g., in Go, Python).
• Ability to hold a high bar for quality, be a self-starter, and have strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience scaling and managing large-scale, mission-critical, stateful infrastructure.
• Code quality: know what high-quality infrastructure-as-code looks like and foster an environment that creates it.
• Core values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution.
• Adaptability: flexibility to adapt and pivot in a dynamic environment—especially when building a platform from scratch.

• Experience with bare-metal provisioning and automation (e.g., MAAS, Tinkerbell, or tools like Ansible/Terraform).
• Experience writing, building, or implementing a Kubernetes operator.
• Experience with high-performance storage solutions (e.g., ZFS).
• Knowledge of blockchain node operations or state management.

Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits: $180,625—$212,500 USD.

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Pay Transparency Notice:
Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed above. Full-time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)).

Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity:
Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment…