Coinbase

Coinbase

Software Engineer

Remote - USA

Sponsorship not specified$152k-$179kDetected 21 days ago
Distributed SystemsCode ReviewGitAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsDatadogMachine LearningLLMsCommunication

About the role

  • The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way.

Responsibilities

  • Build, ship, and help operate features and components of core developer-infrastructure services - spanning CI and build systems, deployment orchestration, and test infrastructure - that are fast, reliable, and secure by default at Coinbase scale.
  • Contribute to improvements in the metrics every engineer feels: build and CI wall time, deploy speed and safety, and test feedback time and flakiness.
  • Own well-scoped components end to end - from implementation through testing, rollout, and monitoring - and participate in your team's on-call rotation.
  • Write high-quality, well-tested, observable code, and build for production from day one.
  • Contribute to technical design discussions for team projects, and independently drive your own work items to completion.
  • Clear communication and the ability to drive scoped projects to completion with limited guidance and collaborate effectively across a team.
  • Exposure to a developer infrastructure or platform domain: CI/CD, build systems, deployment/release tooling, test infrastructure, or developer productivity engineering.
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Requirements

  • 2+ years building and operating production software, with solid fundamentals in distributed systems and proficiency (or a strong ability to ramp) in a language like Go (or similar).
  • A track record of shipping backend or platform features that other engineers or services depend on, with ownership from implementation through production.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, or containers (Docker/OCI).
  • Experience with observability and performance tooling (e.g., Datadog) to measure and improve system behavior.
  • Required Skills and Experience:

Skills

  • Ready to do the most impactful work of your career?
  • This isn't a place for complacency, it's a place to be pushed past your perceived limits.
  • Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company.
  • Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called "surges." learn more about working at Coinbase.
  • This is high-leverage systems work at a financial-grade reliability and security bar.
  • Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants.
  • The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation.
  • Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.

Compensation

  • $152,405 - $179,300 USD
  • Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
  • 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.
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Benefits

  • Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
  • AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants.

Company info

  • Collaborate with engineering teams across Coinbase (your customers) to understand pain points and translate them into concrete platform improvements.

Equal opportunity

  • 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.
  • 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.
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