Software Engineer, Backend; Consumer

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.

We are seeking an experienced backend engineer to join our team to build out the next generation of crypto-forward products and features. You will solve large-scale, highly complex technical problems, bridging the constraints of web-scale applications and blockchain technology. You will help build systems to make cryptocurrency accessible globally, operating real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and managing secure infrastructure in the cloud.

Note:

Coinbase is remote-friendly for many roles, but in-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites occur multiple times annually to foster collaboration and alignment. Attendance is expected and supported.

• Build and run experiments to power the growth of Coinbase’s retail products.
• Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product and technical vision into a quarterly roadmap.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.

• You have at least 2+ 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 launching new products from 0 to 1.
• Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.
• Experience with blockchain technology (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum).
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, Mongo
  
  DB or Dynamo
  
  DB.
• Built fintech, highly reliable and/or secure systems.
• 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 #: GCBE
04US

Pay Range: $147,000—$174,000 USD

Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.

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