Coinbase Page is hiring a

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Infra Core Reliability Team)

Remote

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. But 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.

Infra Core Reliability Team

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):

Team - Core Reliability team is a vital part of Infrastructure(Platform) org responsible for paving the path for system’s reliability and scalability. We manage multiple company wide projects like Scalability/Load  testing, Configuration management system, Canary based safe release capability to ensure company wide system’s reliability and less customer impact .

Role - We would like to add a Senior Software Engineer to help promote reliability culture across Coinbase. You would be helping company-wide goals to scale the system by 10-20x and help secure service configurations & secrets by building/enhancing world class service configuration manager systems. Your customer focus skill will help reduce customer incidents by building/enhancing Safe Release (canary based deployment systems) capability and onboarding thousands of services and which deploys hundreds of deployments on a daily basis.

 

What we look for in you:

  • You have at least 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • You’ve 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 the needs of your customers.
  • You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.
  • You possess strong technical skills for system design and coding
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a bias toward open, transparent cultural practices.
  • Strong skills around observability, debugging and performance tuning
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts clearly and simply
  • Strong interpersonal skills working with Engineers from junior to principal levels
  • Demonstrated critical thinking under pressure
  • A willingness to dive into understanding, debugging, and improving any layer of the stack

 

Nice to haves:

  • Familiarity with working in rapid growth environments
  • Experience in Ruby, Go, and Terraform
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud environment
  • Experience designing and building reliable systems
  • Experience working in a highly regulated environment
  • Experience writing company-facing blog posts and training materials
  • Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

 

Job #: GPBE05US

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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Pay Range:
$180,625$212,000 USD

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and 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 qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.  For US applicants, you may view the Know Your Rights notice here.  Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. 

Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.  For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here).

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