Coinbase

Software Engineer, CDP - Foundations

Coinbase
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Remote, United StatesMid Level
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Base Salary

$152k - $179k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, high-performing backend services in distributed systems environments.
  • Design internal and customer-facing APIs with clean interfaces and a strong developer experience.
  • Lead features through implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
  • Improve technical debt, reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Participate in code reviews, on-call rotations, and incident response.
  • Communicate technical trade-offs with cross-functional partners and contribute to a constructive team environment.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of professional experience building and maintaining production backend services in microservices or distributed systems environments.
  • Experience designing and shipping internal or customer-facing APIs with clean interface design and a focus on developer experience.
  • Familiarity with deploying and testing in microservice ecosystems and using observability and monitoring tooling.
  • Ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly in writing and live discussions.
  • Ability to use generative AI tools responsibly with human oversight, including tools such as LibreChat, Gemini, and Glean.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), equity, and bonus eligibility are available; equity and bonus are separate from the stated base salary.
  • Coinbase is remote-first but not remote-only, with quarterly in-person working sessions called surges.

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About Coinbase

5,001-10,000 employees

Coinbase builds a cryptocurrency platform for consumers, institutions, and developers to buy, sell, store, and use digital assets. Its products include the Coinbase app/exchange, Coinbase Prime for institutions, custody services, and developer APIs, and it earns primarily from transaction fees and subscriptions. Founded in 2012 and now remote-first, Coinbase is a public company (NASDAQ: COIN) serving major crypto markets in the U.S. and abroad.

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